Posted on 05/01/2021 8:21:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The toll booths on Oklahoma’s turnpikes are coming down, but the road isn’t free.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is adopting an all-electronic toll collection system starting this summer.
Legislation to authorize collections on the new system are pending before the Oklahoma Legislature.
It will mean very little change for drivers who use the PikePass system, which allows them to pay their fare while barely slowing down and at a discounted price. About 80% of Oklahoma turnpike drivers take advantage of that system.
OTA cameras will will capture the license tags numbers of other drivers and bill the vehicle’s owner.
That’s a system that has worked well in Texas for years. It will save OTA money in the long run, which should mean less pressure for higher turnpike tolls.
The new system is safer, more fuel-efficient, less polluting and more convenient.
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They have already done away with many of their rest areas. An old joke was a rest area on a toll road was behind a local bush.
NY did this on the Thruway. When they built it the pols promised residents it would be free in 25 years. Don’t ever trust a politician.
Illinois also going cashless this year...
Bridge tolls and road tolls never expire/die off or are eliminated.
That system should’ve been implemented years ago.
Bridge tolls and road tolls never expire/die off or are eliminated.
Hate turnpikes. I am fine with using them to pay to build a road and then end when it’s paid for, but to charge a fee forever is crap.
These tollroads are spreading too, just like HOAs.
A government builds a road, and you have to pay to use it.
Government builds a stadium, and lets the billionaire use it for free.
One road I use with some regularity in Oklahoma has been collecting tolls for over 50 years. That’s ridiculous.
The Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City used to have some unmanned toll booths and the toll was $1.15 or some uneven number. You learned to have pre-sorted piles of coins to avoid being stranded at the red light.
PA Turnpike system is cashless now as well.
I assume the toll workers are learning to code.
If only Sonny Corleone had EZ-Pay.
Toll roads are evil.
People pay tolls to drive on a road?!
I believe:
(1) Connecticut did away with toll roads
(2) the tolls have come off I-95 from Richmond to Petersburg
(3) Maryland has made most of I-95 east of Baltimore toll-free (except for the Susquehanna bridge and added toll lanes near Baltimore)
But many toll roads have been added in and around metropolitan areas. Fleecing the people that need to work is profitable.
Bridge tolls and road tolls never expire/die off or are eliminated.
Is there a transponder you can buy/rent that somehow works on all toll roads regardless of what state they are in? It would be great if there is... then one wouldn’t need to think about if they were renting cars in a whole bunch of states. I believe that’s the way it works in Florida... rent a car at Orlando airport and it works on all toll roads in the state but I don’t think it works in other states.
The flaw with this method of tolling is that it’s tracking without a warrant. If I have a “pay-as-you-go” transponder (which isn’t allowed), who is the State to track my movements?
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