[endthematrix]

In Illinois the tolls WERE $.40 and you still had to beg for a nickel at the booths to pay for the unmanned tolls. If they broke your dollar, you'd receive two quarters and a dime.

But now with the doubling of the tolls and the coercion of an RFID transponder...no need for the nickel. No need for cash. All my driving on the tollway is recorded.

[NewRomeTacitus]

If you're saying that your local government is forcing citizens to carry technology that tracks their movements for the sake of highway funding I feel you have a serious case of civil liberty infringement. Too bad the ACLU no longer has any interest in those cases. Their bread is now buttered by perpetuating Socialism while dismantling individual freedoms.

Sorry, folks; I realize this is a thread about coinage. Some issues rise above the trivial.

[Miss Marple]

Well, I drove the Illinois tollways around Chicago on Monday, and at every toll booth I threw in three quarters and a nickel. That's the easiest combination for 80 cents.