The changeover from toll booths to cameras on the Dartford Crossing was signalled in the media for several months before it actually happened. When I read about it, I took the trouble to register with an online account and stick a tenner in it for when I should first use it - which was just about 3 weeks ago. I checked my account the next day, saw that the correct cash had been deducted - but also noticed that I had to take it back up to a tenner once more before the account was "valid" again!

One journey there and back through the crossing doesn't cost a tenner, so they certainly gain a little on the interest they get from those few pounds in their vaults.

I wouldn't be without the M6 toll either, having had some really shitty journeys on the old M6 section past Brum. I also wouldn't be without my Sanef tag either when in France. I've no objection to toll roads in principle - if the cash actually goes on the road upkeep and condition. I'd read somewhere that some rationalisation of the Sanef/Dartford systems was planned, but nothing seems to have happened yet. Did Sanef operate the old "Dart" tag?