Road toll the last straw for commuters taxed beyond the limit

THERE has been much press coverage dedicated to the subject of drivers avoiding the new Fermoy bypass toll road in favour of the old road.

Mon, 20 Nov, 2006 - 00:00

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It is being commented on in such a way that one could be forgiven for thinking these recalcitrant motorists were evading their social obligations in some way by refusing to capitulate to the latest highway robbery.

Both the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo have irritatingly chosen to refer to such motorists as ‘toll dodgers’.

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