[MA70-3.0GT]

There are certain roads in the UK that have an extra toll on them over & above "road fund licence" tax (which can be anywhere between 20 quid a year up to 400 depending on what you drive, Supra's being around 200ish & incidentally it doesn't appear to have anything to do with funding the roads judging by the state they're in!).

Luckily it's mainly on busy stretches of motorway like the M6 & on that you have the option of paying or using the congested "free" part, but also in London there is a daily charge to drive into the city (not sure how much it is now as you'll never catch me in any city! )

Either way it's pretty disgusting the state of affairs over here, first with said "road fund licence" then with the congestion charges/motorway tolls & capping it off with the ridiculous fuel prices which is about 80% tax anyhow. It wouldn't be so bad if there was something special about our roads like they were really clear or in good (read-: safe) condition, but they're just awful by any standards... Potholes, degraded 50+ year old surfaces, badly levelled repair sections, raised/sunken grids & manholes, subsidence & don't even get me started on the practice of "repairing" country roads by spreading inch thick chippings over them, cow crap & all, & then wondering why so many bikers end up dead in the ditch & the road's still shot a few weeks later after the chippings all go down the drain or in your windscreen.

Anyway I'm gonna stop talking & thinking about it all now before I go find a length of rope and a tall tree. [/rant] At least we've got roads and nice cars I suppose, we should just count our blessings that we have that privilege & we're not stuck in some 3rd world country trying to make an old Lada last a few more years with string & a hammer!