jerryc41 wrote:
I drove 470 miles yesterday, with a lot of that on the Mass Pike. Fortunately, all their toll booths have been replaced with overhead transducer readers, so there are no lines at toll booths. What surprised me is that people from MA pay a lower toll that others. Since they use it more, I would think they would pay more. Of course, having everyone pay the same amount makes more sense. My Fit averaged 47.5 MPG for that trip.
Although the human toll collectors either lost their jobs or gotten transferred, it's common knowledge that toll takers pay a heavy toll in their health as they work. They have cars stopping and accelerating just a couple of feet away from them during their entire shift. Without special respirators, they are breathing in all sorts of undesirable stuff.
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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.