Posted on 05/25/2016 7:49:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
And, if you are just travelling thru and don’t have a SunPass, they will hit you for an EXTRA $2.50 per toll when they scan your plate.
They don’t even tell you that you are on a toll road and there are no toll booths to pay at.
You just get the bills in the mail. Like a red light camera bill.
In many cases the $2.50 service charge is more that the hidden toll.
Wow. Talk about a slush fund!
I can’t imagine paying hundreds a month to drive.
In addition to local, state, and federal taxes, gas taxes, vehicle inspection and registration, licensing....
Geez. How much is enough for these people?
“Feel like they are spending...” How do you feel spendings? I’m sure the drivers know that they are spending more since they see the charges. No need to feel the spending. I thin the “feel” unhappy about spending more.
Poor logic and poor writing. IDIOCRACY turned out not to be satire.
Don’t feel that bad. Does South Florida have surge pricing on some of their roads?
Yes. Kentucky’s parkways became toll-free, one by one, as each parkway’s bonds were paid off.
Hah. Don’t know. Last time I drove there was ‘03. Don’t remember tolls, but I remember thinking I’d seen better drivers in Baghdad and other places where there are no laws, turn signals or stop lights...
heh.
Few or no tolls in the Tampa Bay area. FL has no income tax. I love it here.
Bwahahha!
Perhaps if they would actually THINK instead of FEEL, they might get a clue.
But being so largely north-east liberal a-holes and idiots, voting for the same crap they fled from there, say tack on another 75 cents….
Yes, in Texas, once upon a time, we actually had roads that went from being tolls to being free. Then the Texas Tollway Authority was established. Such an event will never be allowed to occur again.
I hate toll roads and avoid them like the plague. Unfortunately in some areas it is really hard to do so unless you know the area pretty well. The toll roads around here aren't really any less congested than the freeways, they are just lots more expensive to drive on.
GA 400 here in ATL. But it took a decade or more after the road was paid for, and a lot of political pressure.
What Tampa do you live in?
The Veterans and Crosstown are about the only way to get across town during rush hour. I don’t mind paying the toll, but they should not allow cops—I pay good money to speed!
Crappy language. They know they are paying more.
I suspect this was written to impact a female audience. And/or written by a female writer or editor.
No state tax for them.
I drove the toll roads all over Orlando for years and I never paid as much as mentioned in the article.
As soon as it’s paid off they’ll drop the toll. Just like they did on the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne.
Oh, wait a minute.... They didn’t drop the toll you say?
What?? The toll is $1.75 now?? Used to be 25 cents.
State Route 400 in Atlanta.
Thanks, guys. Have to admit surprise that you could find more than one example.
It's coming. Soon to be implemented on I-4 going through Orlando once the enormous road project is finished. Want to go swiftly through Orlando? Pay through the nose for using high speed lanes.
Otherwise, take the long route, 417, to bypass Orlando and it is also a toll road.
Projected toll for I-4 is almost 68 cents per mile for the 21 mile stretch of road. But will probably be higher by the time construction is completed in 2021. Rate for a 7 mile stretch of I-95 in Miami area is almost $2 per mile.
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