Toll Charges
Jun 29, 2022 20:04:31 #
I had a friend who was a tool taker on the Pa Turnpike. She got hurt when a car hit the concrete barrier that protects the toll booths. She had many surgeries and applied for disability and the Pa Turnpike Comm denied her claim ,she ended up with a bad back and no money!
Jun 29, 2022 20:39:55 #
Jun 29, 2022 22:25:34 #
John7199
Loc: Eastern Mass.
I remember years ago some of the Delaware Turnpike tolls, on exits, were exact change only with no toll takers in sight. I recall sweating the exits.
Jun 30, 2022 07:11:58 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
Welcome to New York.
I visited a friend in NC, and he asked me what "that thing" on my windshield was. I told him it was for paying tolls. "Oh, we don't have tolls in NC." He didn't need a license plate on his trailer, either.
I paid $160 in tolls last year and $75 so far this year. And that's with reduced driving because of Covid.
Jun 30, 2022 07:51:25 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I visited a friend in NC, and he asked me what "that thing" on my windshield was. I told him it was for paying tolls. "Oh, we don't have tolls in NC." He didn't need a license plate on his trailer, either.
I paid $160 in tolls last year and $75 so far this year. And that's with reduced driving because of Covid.
I paid $160 in tolls last year and $75 so far this year. And that's with reduced driving because of Covid.
They are starting to have tolls in the Charlotte area. If there is traffic you can pay for the privilege of riding in a special lane which charges you a toll based oln the amount of traffic.
Jul 1, 2022 01:56:43 #
The wife and I drove down the 'Jersey Turnpike once long ago. It took forever, drive half a mile, drop a quarter, repeat. I'm sure now they have EZ Pass. I hope so.
Jul 1, 2022 07:52:13 #
Laramie wrote:
The wife and I drove down the 'Jersey Turnpike once long ago. It took forever, drive half a mile, drop a quarter, repeat. I'm sure now they have EZ Pass. I hope so.
Yeah, I know what you mean. The Mass Pike now has lots of overhead toll scanners, but at least you don't have to slow down. In NY, the extra scanners are at the exits.
Jul 2, 2022 11:53:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
There used to be a person there to take your money and give you change. Now, it's ridiculous. On the NY Thruway, there is a number for you to call, and I guess they bill you. Otherwise, maybe the police show up at your door - or maybe the Mounties. 
You can probably get an EZPass before you leave. They're free. In FL, we had to pay for the Florida pass.
https://www.ny.gov/services/get-e-zpass
You can probably get an EZPass before you leave. They're free. In FL, we had to pay for the Florida pass. https://www.ny.gov/services/get-e-zpass
I could'nt imagine living like that Jerry, here in WA state I've never even seen a toll road!
Jul 3, 2022 08:44:36 #
DickC wrote:
I could'nt imagine living like that Jerry, here in WA state I've never even seen a toll road!
My GPS tends to avoid toll roads, but sometimes that's not practical.
Funny story - I used to drive from north of here to a two about an hour south on Saturdays. Just out of curiosity, I told the GPS to plot a route. It would have taken over three hours because it was avoiding a toll bridge over the Hudson River. It was sending me north of Albany. It was set to avoid "Toll Roads," but it included toll bridges in that. I emailed Garmin, and now it works properly.
My trip to near Boston last week cost me $17.08 round-trip in tolls, 480 miles tolls and non-tolls. The Mass Pike changed its exit numbers, so that was a bit confusing. The system for Interstates bases the exit number on the number of miles from the beginning, but in the early days, they numbered exits 1, 2, 3, etc. Those numbers are being changed in some areas. My nearest NY Thruway exit is 19, even though it's eighty-one miles from the beginning. Imagine the cost of changing all those signs.
Jul 3, 2022 08:52:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My GPS tends to avoid toll roads, but sometimes th... (show quote)
I couln't even imagine traversing those roadways; and I drive 6 blocks to the liquor store!
Jul 3, 2022 10:33:54 #
DickC wrote:
I couln't even imagine traversing those roadways; and I drive 6 blocks to the liquor store!
Jul 5, 2022 17:08:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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Back in the '90s I read that the toll collections on the Mass Pike from the NY state line to Springfield did not cover the toll collector's salaries.
Jul 6, 2022 08:35:53 #
johnnievegas wrote:
Back in the '90s I read that the toll collections on the Mass Pike from the NY state line to Springfield did not cover the toll collector's salaries.
That would depend on the amount of the toll, the number of vehicles, and the salary of the toll takers. I used to live near the Throg's Neck Bridge in NYC. The toll is now $6.55 for cars and $55 for 18-wheelers. Over 119,000 vehicles use the bridge every day. If they were all cars, that would amount to almost $780,000 every day. Over the course of a year, that's $285,000,000, not counting trucks and holidays. There are no toll-takers.
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