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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
EZ-Pass makes it much easier to charge onerous tolls. Most people just breeze through, never knowing how much they are being charged. When the monthly bill comes, most just pay it without even scrutinizing the individual charges.

My monthly bill has crept up into the $60 range. The only reason I even look at it is because my company reimburses me for business driving so I have to separate the business tolls from the personal tolls.

Just another added expense for living in the Northeast. Now even Connecticut looks to get in on the toll action.

7 posted on 04/02/2018 7:30:15 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Yes, it’s the same as tax withholding. How nice no one ever has to think how much any of this costs.


19 posted on 04/02/2018 8:32:49 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: SamAdams76
"living in the Northeast"

its creeping into the west...Washington has an extremely busy road north and south, the 405, except you can pay extra to go on the "reserved" lane for those who want to go fast...

this govt confiscation of our money will never ever end...

23 posted on 04/02/2018 8:51:32 PM PDT by cherry
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To: SamAdams76
My monthly bill has crept up into the $60 range.

I think the gas tax in Massachusetts is about $.50/gallon (state and fed combined). If you have a car getting 30 mpg and drive a typical 15,000 miles/year, you would only spend a total of $250/year on gas taxes.

The $700/year toll bill seems completely outrageous to me. I think it would make a lot more sense to just raise the gas tax a bit and forget about all this tolling nonsense.

27 posted on 04/03/2018 1:15:55 AM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: SamAdams76

I’m paying $10 per DAY in central Florida. $200 a month and my alternative is triple the time it takes to get to work or move closer. Oh, and our oh-so-benevolent government is putting a toll on INTERSTATE 4 going through Orlando. The Central Florida Expressway Authority has always been corrupt.


36 posted on 04/03/2018 5:35:10 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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