Save Money - Register for Etag
August 27, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Now before you think I actually support the money-grabbing b’stards that run our crappy ‘flooded when wet’ motorways, I’m don’t. I am only telling you this because it will save you some money. And if you’re going to the Electric Picnic this weekend, take double note because you could be liable for fines.
From this Saturday, August 30th we now have to pay more to get past the toll plazas. This is for all motorways that toll.
Register online now for a video account and you’ll be good to go this weekend. If you don’t register, and you pass the toll bridge, you’ll be charged €3 to cross.
But the real sting is that you only have a day to pay - if you don’t you are charged double - €6. What do they think we are? Made of money?
For anyone planning on going to the Electric Picnic this weekend - register now - as I’m sure the last thing you’ll want to be doing when you get home after the festival is remembering to pay your toll fine!
The punitive payment system goes on - if you don’t pay after 14 days, you’re fined €40. And after 56 days, €100 is the fine. Could make for a very expensive nip out to the shopping centre.
[Another stealth tax brought to you by our wonderful government, the same ones who brought you "HSE Nightmare Scare" parts I, II, and III...and of course the unforgettable "Online Voting Machines for the 21st century"]
There are a number of providers, I registered with Eflow - awfully annoying site that keeps updating while I was filling out the form… reminded me of an over earnest child swallowing mouthfuls of spit while relating a longwinded story. AA Roadwatch has a nice clear explanation as to what’s what and who’s who.
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