Illinois Tolls Double 1/1/05

That's what we need here in Hawaii, tolls for tourists.
We'd "clean up", and could finally pay for stuff we need like more cops,
schools, and road widenings.
GW



Harry Face wrote:

> For those of you traveling the Illinois.......
> Only CASH paying customers ( & out of staters ) will pay an incresed
> toll.
>
>
> =========
> Harryface

Please tell me about toll roads. Being from Washington state, I have not
seen a toll road. There is one toll bridge that still collects tolls even it
was paid for many years ago. Are the toll booths on the on ramps or are you
driving along and have to stop to pay? How far apart are the booths spaced?
Are they private or government operated? I assume that the tolls are to pay
for road construction and maintenance. Out here gas tax pays for the road
and highways. With the I-pass, do you have to slow down for it to work.

I remember a story about some state that can use information from I-pass to
check your time from one booth to the next to determine if you were
speeding. Based on this info you can receive a ticket.



"Harry Face" <harryface@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:25795-41D23E53-4@storefull-3118.bay.webtv.net...
> For those of you traveling the Illinois Toll Roads the Tolls will double
> in price, January 1, 2005
>
> At the present they are 40 cents, going up to 80 cents.
>
> A few booth's on I - 355 are 50 cent & will go up to $1.00
>
> Truckers will take the biggest hit as their tolls will double and triple
> in some cases, but the truck tolls will vary in price depending on the
> time of day you roll through.
>
> The increase is to force Illinois residents to buy the I - Pass
> Transponder ( $ 50 ).
>
> Its that electronic toll deduction device stuck to the inside of your
> windsheild. For I - Pass users the tolls will remain 40 to 50 cents. A $
> 40.00 credit is established when you buy the unit. There is a $10.00
> deposit for the unit. When your account gets down to $10.00 your
> automatically billed $40.00 through your credit card.
>
> Only CASH paying customers ( & out of staters ) will pay an incresed
> toll.
>
>
> Santa Claus brought me an I - Pass for Christmas.
>
> =========
> Harryface
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> 73 Impala sedan
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For those of you traveling the Illinois Toll Roads the Tolls will double
in price, January 1, 2005

At the present they are 40 cents, going up to 80 cents.

A few booth's on I - 355 are 50 cent & will go up to $1.00

Truckers will take the biggest hit as their tolls will double and triple
in some cases, but the truck tolls will vary in price depending on the
time of day you roll through.

The increase is to force Illinois residents to buy the I - Pass
Transponder ( $ 50 ).

Its that electronic toll deduction device stuck to the inside of your
windsheild. For I - Pass users the tolls will remain 40 to 50 cents. A $
40.00 credit is established when you buy the unit. There is a $10.00
deposit for the unit. When your account gets down to $10.00 your
automatically billed $40.00 through your credit card.

Only CASH paying customers ( & out of staters ) will pay an incresed
toll.


Santa Claus brought me an I - Pass for Christmas.

=========
Harryface
=========

1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~297,324 miles_~_~_

~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_

~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan

In article <25795-41D23E53-4@storefull-3118.bay.webtv.net>,
harryface@webtv.net says...
>
>A few booth's on I - 355 are 50 cent & will go up to $1.00

Thats a hell of a lot of quarters to throw into those automated toll
collectors that are usually plugged up with fish or whatever else kids
throw in there ....

Where does the money go to? It sure the hell isn't the roads in ILL !!!!

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-1973 Trans Am - 455 - TH400 auto - Buccaneer red-
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On 2004-12-29, MelvinGibson@mailcity.com <MelvinGibson@mailcity.com> wrote:
>
> I believe toll roads are great, nobody makes the locals use a
> toll road. The users, particularly out of state drivers that do
> not support the state system of roads, should help pay the cost
> of those better roads that speed them through a state.

I don't know where out of state drivers do not support the
state system of roads: essentially all the roads used by out of
staters are substantially supported by Federal taxes dollars (even
when out of staters don't buy gas within that state--and they
frequently do).

So I very strongly object to this move in Illinois, as it is mostly designed
to discriminate against out of state drivers.

--
Jonathan Grobe

Citizens of Hawaii are already getting a free ride. Hawaii and
Alaska receive millions more they they pay onto the Interstates
highway trust fund, for their roads. Public transit rider are
even worse when it come to getting a free ride. Metropolitan
Public transit systems suck millions from that fund annually, yet
pay nothing into the fund

I believe toll roads are great, nobody makes the locals use a
toll road. The users, particularly out of state drivers that do
not support the state system of roads, should help pay the cost
of those better roads that speed them through a state.


mike hunt



Geoff Welsh wrote:
>
> That's what we need here in Hawaii, tolls for tourists.
> We'd "clean up", and could finally pay for stuff we need like more cops,
> schools, and road widenings.
> GW
>
> Harry Face wrote:
>
> > For those of you traveling the Illinois.......
> > Only CASH paying customers ( & out of staters ) will pay an incresed
> > toll.
> >
> >
> > =========
> > Harryface

>
> So I very strongly object to this move in Illinois, as it is mostly
designed
> to discriminate against out of state drivers.
>
> --
> Jonathan Grobe
>

We often travel a couple of toll roads in Northern Ill. at vacation time. I
guess in the future, we will be taking a more scenic route.
H