[Dr. Sivana]

I drove to South Carolina for a wedding recently, and I found the tolls near Greenville to be obnoxious. NY may charge a lot, but they usually have a bridge as an excuse. These tolls in the Greenville area happened every few miles, and they were a couple of dollars a pop. Not even Illinois tries to pull that off.

[RegulatorCountry]

Been a while since I’ve driven through SC. Didn’t realize they’d resorted to toll roads. None around here, I’m in NC.

[MeganC]

I’ve never understood the point of publicly owned toll roads. They charge you gas and sales taxes to build the road and then they charge you a toll to use the road. Crazy.

[hanamizu]

they were a couple of dollars a pop. Not even Illinois tries to pull that off.

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But they do come close. We paid $1.90 per booth on I294. I think I remember tossing 40¢ into the baskets the last time I was that way.

[Freedumb]

Not even Illinois tries to pull that off

Sounds like you have not been in Illinois recently. The recently converted to a toll road Elgin O'Hare expressway (which goes nether to Elgin nor O'Hare) has a rate of $2.50 for its length of 6.5 miles.