Ludicrous legislation takes toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

21 posted on 08/21/2016 5:22:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)

I drive New Stanton to Breezewood fairly regularly. US 30 averages only 20 minutes more. Just make sure you drive a reasonable speed and that your brakes are in good shape.

22 posted on 08/21/2016 5:42:07 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)

I80 and I81 works great for those of us who just want to pass through PA.

I have driven through that state hundreds of times and never paid a toll.

23 posted on 08/21/2016 5:45:22 AM PDT by cgbg (Warning: This post has not been fact-checked by the Democratic National Committee.)

To: Vigilanteman

As I mentioned before, I drive from Maryland to Michigan a handful of times per year. I’ve always wanted to try the run on the Lincoln Highway (30)but for 500 miles, it’s significantly longer and I never have the time.

The last time I went was to help my daughter move two weekends ago. It was truly an in/out trip. Most times I go, I end up sleeping in the car at least one night.

24 posted on 08/21/2016 11:08:03 AM PDT by cyclotic

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

When I lived in PA and drove the turnpike, I always figured the tolls were to pay to see the world’s biggest pothole collection.

25 posted on 08/21/2016 7:42:35 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)

Your point that one robber charges less for tolls than another is irrelevant. The thrust of the article is that except for a mandate which never would have passed a legislature that had done its homework, PA Turnpike fares are too high; far higher than what is needed to meet the maintenance requirement for the road, which, by the way, until 1979 was the only reason the turnpike was allowed to charge tolls. Specifically, tolls could not be earmarked for the general fund nor even for other highway projects in The Commonwealth.

No "market forces" are involved in either the pricing of the PA Turnpike nor the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Monopolies built both and set their prices arbitrarily and well outside of any considerations of merchantability. The sole recourse of any consumer is not to use them. This is precisely why private entities are not permitted to form illegal monopolies.

As for the claim that you've "driven both [I80 and I76/I376] many times" color me skeptical. No person familiar with both roads would claim that one represents a viable substitute for the other.

26 posted on 08/22/2016 7:22:41 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)

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