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To: austinaero
I was wondering the same thing. Won't this require some type of 'big brother' monitoring system? Good grief, what a bunch of morons.

Perhaps,at first,they'd only do it on Interstates and other major roads.If so,they could easily do it in the same way that they collect tolls in the Northeast...with a transponder that you attach to your windshield that communicates with a receiver on the highway.

Most of them that I've seen require you to go 15 MPH as you pass the receiver,but one I saw (in NJ,DE or MD..can't recall which) allows you to do 55 MPH as you're passing.

32 posted on 07/06/2006 1:36:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Gay State Conservative
they could easily do it in the same way that they collect tolls in the Northeast...with a transponder that you attach to your windshield that communicates with a receiver on the highway.

Most of them that I've seen require you to go 15 MPH as you pass the receiver,but one I saw (in NJ,DE or MD..can't recall which) allows you to do 55 MPH as you're passing.

The ones in Houston, Texas work at +80 mph.

36 posted on 07/06/2006 1:39:15 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Gay State Conservative

They have those in Illinois for the toll roads. The little doo-dad gets pinged at the toll and your 'account' gets debited. You use a credit card to replenish the account in pre-paid amounts.

So, maybe all the roads in Oregon will become tolls then.

Hey, TOLLS FOR TROLLS!!!
(my apologies to those lonely Freepers in Oregon)


39 posted on 07/06/2006 1:40:11 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: Gay State Conservative

Those TollTag/EZPass transponders work up to 160mph - at least the ones here on the Dallas-area tollways do. (Someone with a bike went through a toll zone at 160 and his tolltag read correctly - not me! Someone in a Mustang went through one at 132mph and his tag read correctly, too.)


85 posted on 07/06/2006 2:10:16 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The ones here in Atlanta work at 85-90 mph apparently on our only toll road. Which is already paid for I might add way ahead of schedule, but those booths are still collecting quarters.


94 posted on 07/06/2006 2:20:57 PM PDT by doodad
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