This is real, I use it regularly.
:)
Posted on 03/28/2016 9:50:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) - Shon Newsome almost got tricked into paying a toll for a third time.
But on a recent afternoon, just before she was about to drive onto a Loop 820 on-ramp that would have required her to pay a toll, the sales executive pulled off the highway in Haltom City and asked a bystander for directions. She was trying to figure out which lane on the two-lane ramp would take her to the toll-free lanes - but the answer wasn’t clear.
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This is why you should rely on navigation systems created by the private industry, and not on physical cues created by illegal government employees.
Rick Perry and Tom Dewhearst couldn’t get their Trans Texas Corridor so they stuck us with a bunch of screwed up toll lanes.
I hate it when that happens. There are moments in driving, where you know the direction is wrong, but you still have to keep driving until you can safely exit the merry-go-round.
You wanted go this way to pay a toll, yes? Just stay on the broad, dubiously marked lanes going in the direction you’re currently traveling. Yes, follow the others. Pay no attention to the tiny Last Free Exit sign...
They put one of those gawd-awful 'Math & Science' academies in what used to be a strip mall, and created a school zone along the street. The street is a busy highway with a speed limit of 50 mph. I'd say over half of the cars ignore the 30 mph limit during school hours.
They're also building those damn turn-abouts everywhere. I hate those. I prefer stop lights.
Texas has seen considerable growth over the last few years, with thousands of new residents coming in DAILY. This pushed roads to capacity. Now, if the state needs to add more roads, they have to be toll-roads, because issuing a bond without a toll would be unconstitutional.
Pay no attention to the tiny Last Free Exit sign...
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Or those big diamonds in the middle of the lane...
Actually, they are easy to miss if texting or on the phone or eating a ‘sit down’ meal while behind the wheel.
...and, hence, the name “HALT ‘em City”.
Of course, the toll roads around here don’t even have a place to give money. The “Toll” is sent to you by mail with a hefty administration fee tacked on unless you have one of those pre-paid TexTag things on your windshield which are provided free to gubbermint vehicles. It’s all a scam.
But the most hilarious thing is what sits in Round Rock. Somebody from the toll road folks put up a giant sign that predicts how many minutes it will take you to continue straight on I-35 to San Marcos or if you took the toll roads instead. Every time I go through it, the sign says the free highway takes less time than the toll route which means somebody spent a lot of money to put up sign to advertise that you’ll not only spend more money to take the toll road but you’ll arrive later which is opposite the major selling point that toll companies always make.
Good grief! That must be fun at rush hour.
I would love to take a tractor trailer with a 53’ trailer around that!
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
48’ is the maximum length ,here.
But yeah, I’d buy tickets to watch you do that in Rush-hour. :D
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