Posted on 12/05/2006 9:01:33 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think that lawsuit had to do with the non-compete clause for the private SR-91 express lanes. It so screwed up the chances for improvements to SR-91 itself that California was compelled to buy the express lanes from the private owners.
hmmmmmmm.....
I drove for years wildcating freight anywhere i could.
Toll roads exempted me from paying my quarterly road use tax on the amount of miles I paid a toll for.
But if we could get 10 percent to take the Trans-Texas Corridor, we could make a difference, Roberts said. Of the 80,000 vehicles a day on I-35, a third of those are trucks. It could be a significant reduction.
About 2700 trucks traveling the 370 mile route paying .58 cpm. That's about $579,420 per day one way. How long to payoff $8 billion > 14,807 days or 40.5 yrs.
For trucks and cars or only cars?
I see plenty of higher-speed roads in surrounding states where there is one speed limit for cars and another for trucks, with the trucks being kept back 5 or 10 MPH.
I haven't the faintest idea what was going through the mind of the idiot who wrote the reg. It is absolutely absurd. Let's say that it was due to fungal spores -- fungus in wet hay requires ambient temps to be above, oh, about 60F, and the hay needs time to "ferment" the sugars in the plant material -- like weeks.
The way the highway patrols and the US DOT is interpreting the rule is that hay carried on a truck in a rainstorm better be tarped, or they're going to cite any hay truck driver without a hazmat on his CDL for some pretty stiff fines.
Where rules, regulations and impact on business from regulatory law-making is concerned, the Bush administration has been a complete failure. There isn't a regulation that the Bush administration has rolled back and there's plenty more besides they've heaped on private industry, especially the truck, fuel and ag industry.
"Plus, tolls are tax deductible,"
If your talking about how much you can deduct for expenses, that is already set at a cost per mile traveled. Do you have a source saying tolls are tax deductable?
Anybody who has ever cheated on auto expenses knows you can easily squeeze out an extra 100 bucks on parking and tolls.
Anybody who has ever cheated on auto expenses knows you can easily squeeze out an extra 100 bucks on parking and tolls.
My business truck has a set deduction amount they allow per miles driven. (less than 50 cents per mile deduction) We don't pay for tolls, yet, in this area and I never pay to park while at work.
I guess you don't have a source?
I think most people take the standard per mile deduction.
Meeeeeechigan and, I think, Ohio on non-turnpike roads come to mind.
I haven't heard of any car-only stipulations for the 85 mph limit.
I wonder if the speed will be subject to the Texas nigttime speed limit of 65?
this used to be the case the irs closed this loophole
now you pay tolls and fuel taxes....aka....doubledipping
Roughly a 60.00 toll for a round trip to San Antonio from Houston.
That is a non-starter. Won't happen.
no combustible material.
Thanks for the ping!
"If I were you, I would hire a new accountant"
Thanks, I'll discuss this with him. Like I said, our tollbooths are not active yet and parking is not an issue in my job.
...and -- if they are liberals -- count on it...
I'd pay a toll to get AWAY from the trucks. I-70 through Missouri is the worst. They go over the speed limit, have weights that have contributed to the destruction of the road, and almost every fatal accident on I-70 involves a semi. I'd be glad to stay out of their way, use a better road and deal with less traffic and greater visibility.
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