[Rodamala]

I recently make the BIG TIME MISTAKE of taking the “Pay by Mail” Toll road south out of DFW airport to get to I-20... then taking Route 49 (another “Pay by mail” tollroad) south into Tyler.

It’s all fine and good if the plate on the car is your plate, but I had a rental car... and it is officially a nightmare to pay some $1.65 toll... with administrative fees winding up costing me a yet to be determined amout that I think will be like $30.

Anyways... not that this has anything to do with anything... but whatever they do down there, this business of toll roads with no toll takers is LUDICROUS. I don’t care if they did it to the Golden Gate Bridge... the money on the cameras and supporting all that crap is MORE than just paying a toll taker $27.50/hr.

[shadeaud]

That death toll road ( death due to cars/trucks hitting wild boars that are all over it) isn't fairing too well. Most trucks are still on I-35 from Laredo to Austin which makes traffic a clustersmuck in San Antonio and Austin. The road itself isn't making any money and I think the state has agreed to pick up any loses the investors realize. We beat another project here in S.A. and the state punished the travelers by creating no turn areas along with limited U turn lanes as well as adding non synchronized traffic lights which really adds to the nightmare.