[SamAdams76]

Unfortunately, there will soon be no toll-free alternatives. We can thank the "smartpass" technology that is now in place throughout the Northeast - drivers put transponders on their cars that allow them to zip through tollbooths, receiving monthly bills on their road usage as an alternative to paying cash at the tollbooth.

As with all things taxed, it will be done incrementally. One small step at a time. Stretchs of I-95 followed by stretches of I-81 and I-77. Eventually, most of us will wake up to the fact that wherever we go, we are being nickel and dimed tollwise. But by then, it will be too late to do anything about it. Once the government imposes a tax, it is almost never rolled back.

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Once the government imposes a tax, it is almost never rolled back.

How true! Years ago the Florida turnpike was paid off and they were considering lifting the tolls. Then someone in Tallahassee thought that since the thing was such a money-maker, why not keep the tolls and apply the revenue to other highways in the state. So they did.