Motorists illegally detained at Florida tolls - for using large bills!

wtsp.com ^ | 3-5-11 | Mike Deeson

[cripplecreek]

Idiotic hyperbole. Did you learn that at a code pink rally?

[Vinnie]

he only complaint I have when you do use larger bills is that expect your change to be all ones.

Back in the 70's my wife was in a hospital in Miami having our 3rd child.
I went to the hospital to visit and was taken aback when I found I had to pay to park in the hospital parking lot.
Being the smartass I am, I gave the toll booth taker a 20 dollar bill.
He gave me my change in...Quarters. I lose !

[Big Bronson]

Did you learn that at a code pink rally?" is itself idiotic hyperbole.

If I only have a twenty and some toll barney fife is making a big show of taking my information for the crime of sporting an Andrew Jackson, then yes, I'm going to push right back and you need to sit there behind me in line and suck it up y'hyperbolic weentard.

[cripplecreek]

At this point I’m just laughing at you but continue if you wish.

I’m a regular ole Pol Pot. LOL

[ImaGraftedBranch]

Something about “legal tender for all debts, public and private”. What part of “all” do you not understand? THANK YOU. I was waiting for some sanity in this thread.

[Big Bronson]

I’m a regular ole Pol Pot. LOL

Nah, you're just desperate for attention, you goonball. ha ha ha

[ImaGraftedBranch]

This lazy jerk’s rights end where he infringes on my rights to timely and efficient passage over public and private roads. And just where is that right in the constitution?

[BobL]

This will simply push them to electronic-only tolling.

Drive around with tracking transponders in your cars, or stay off of the toll roads. That simple.

[Big E]

I imagine this ICC would still have toll booths, allowing you to pay cash, if you wish. I have EZ Pass, and it’s great. You zip right through, no lines, and they charge your credit card for every toll.

If they would start tracking me, or sending me speeding tickets by mail, I would get rid of the EZ Pass.

[Americanexpat]

More evidence for the need to repeal all these silly ass government rules, regulations and some laws then we wouldn't need all those public servants to enforce them.

[rogue yam]

While the policy (if it exists is wrong) he cost the taxpayers far more than if he had simply planned to have correct change.

You estimate that the value of eliminating this liberty-curtailing policy is zero?

[rogue yam]

the toll clerk is not permitted to make change for high denominiation bills.

This is not what the article says.

Before deciding who is or isn't a jerk you should get the facts straight.

[Edison]

We have had the toll transponders in NJ for a number of years. I always figured they tracked the speed and travel info but no one got tickets. The quite thing to do with the info would be to sell the db to the insurance companies so they could adjust your rates according to the speeds you drive. Not everyone that speeds gets a ticket to notify the insurance companies of your driving habits. Most people around here use the EZ Pass.

[macquire]

So you purchase your newspaper with $100 bills...

[eyedigress]

You blame someone for not having correct change........ It must be hell to get a bag of chips at a vending machine. :^)

[rogue yam]

So you purchase your newspaper with $100 bills...

It is easy for most people to make more sense than you're making.

I wonder whether you are deliberately posting nonsense, or if you are unusually untalented at discussing ideas.

[cripplecreek]

You blame someone for not having correct change

Not the first time. I blame him for being a pathetic attention seeking whore for doing it repeatedly in an appeal to the American idle watchers among us. It doesn't mean I agree with the toll takers or company but being an unnecessary pain in the ass doesn't impress me.

[eyedigress]

It seems to me that the first experience kicked it off, then was verified upon further examination.

[kalee]

IIRC, they did something similar to that long ago on the WV turnpike. When you got on you received a time stamped entry ticket which you presented and paid for the use of the road at the exit where you got off. If you arrived at the other end too “quickly” you could be subject to fine.

[eyedigress]

Or do as Tennessee does and not have any toll roads. BTW, TN wins year in and year out for best roads in the Country according to Trucker Magazine. Hmmmm.