DARTFORD CROSSING WARNING

stearman65

We are motoring abroad Sunday & will be using the Dartford Crossing. I thought I would check what the cost is & opened a nightmare situation. From last Sunday the pay booths were permanently closed to ease congestion. So if you use the crossing your car is scanned & you have to pay the fee in a certain time. You can either pay on-line or use a Pay Shop??? I opted to use the Gov.Org site to pre pay. I then found I couldn't as I had owned the car less than 3 months. Couldn't find a local pre pay shop so rang the help line. Eventually I got through to someone who was able to accept by credit card 2 pre paid crossing fees (£5). I received a confirmation email, so I can now go on holiday relaxed that I won't be stuck with a £70 (each way) non payment fine. I haven't seen anything about this in the media, maybe it's a scheme for the PM to get some of the money back from the EU it's going to cost to get out???

Greg Hook

I thought the pay booths had gone months ago?
It was all over the news at the time.

stevenM

Agree, plus there are signs up all over the place telling you how to pay.

True Romance

Don't think there have been pay booths for years? No idea why you couldn't pay online? We go to Kent most years in a hire car (well say hire car its from nissan to replace our leaf for two weeks each year) and never had an issue?

John7

Travel after 10pm and before 7am and there's 'nowt to pay

its_all_Greek

A government backtracking, Well i've never heard of such a thing

mjn

I think the OP is smoking crack!

I use the Dartford crossing a fair bit. The tolls booths went years ago! And that is a good thing as they caused massive tailbacks at all times.

Further to that, i’ve used it in a courtesy car and had no issues paying.