Letter: The high price of motorway tolls
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: If the cost-per-journey principle of public transport is to be extended to the use of motorways, it seems reasonable to expect a Motorway Users' Charter similar to that for the railways and underground. While developing the smart-card technology to impose this extra charge, the Department of Transport should examine how to give refunds for overcrowded or unsafe conditions and any delays to one's journey.
Yours sincerely,
DAVID SUMNER SMITH
Tilford, Surrey
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