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tropical36
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Jul 23, 2014

New York State Thruway I90

Just got off the subject matter and hope to never ever be on this rough back country road again, but that's not the reason for my rant. Nor is the fact that instead of a nice welcome center when entering the state, we were welcomed with a toll ticket instead. We were on said annoyance for most of the way heading east from the PA line and except for using RT 5 along Lake Erie and into Buffalo. We paid like < $4 once, <$9 and then the mind blower, when we got off around Albany for $42.85. Yep, you heard right, as ridiculous that it might sound. I said it couldn't be right, but this kid insisted that it was cuz I was towing a car and high in the air, as he put it and it's kind of hard to argue while at the toll booth unless there was a place to pull over and go for a manager of sorts. I will send a copy of my receipt to the proper authorities, once I find them and not that I expect anyone to really care about what they might be doing to their tourist industry.
Has anyone else encountered this example of gross injustice and what might have became of it, other than for never setting foot on NY soil again.

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  • It is what it is. Terrible road conditions, high tolls. Welcome to NYS. Don't get me going on the taxes.
    You can have taken route 5. No tolls, better scenery, lots of small towns. Your choice.
  • good thing you got off once, I think PA line to Albany is about $60.00 When you go back to FL take the Jersy Turnpike and see what that is
  • tropical36 wrote:
    Just got off the subject matter and hope to never ever be on this rough back country road again, but that's not the reason for my rant. Nor is the fact that instead of a nice welcome center when entering the state, we were welcomed with a toll ticket instead. We were on said annoyance for most of the way heading east from the PA line and except for using RT 5 along Lake Erie and into Buffalo. We paid like < $4 once, <$9 and then the mind blower, when we got off around Albany for $42.85. Yep, you heard right, as ridiculous that it might sound. I said it couldn't be right, but this kid insisted that it was cuz I was towing a car and high in the air, as he put it and it's kind of hard to argue while at the toll booth unless there was a place to pull over and go for a manager of sorts. I will send a copy of my receipt to the proper authorities, once I find them and not that I expect anyone to really care about what they might be doing to their tourist industry.
    Has anyone else encountered this example of gross injustice and what might have became of it, other than for never setting foot on NY soil again.

    Your proposal is accepted. Bye Bye
    EDIT
    BTW You could have taken free interstates to Albany from the PENN line more or less without any tolls. You should take responsibility for your decisions. You decided to travel the Thruway without an ezpass and without finding out how to travel for the same rate as a automobile. YOU DID NOT do your due diligence. so quit complaining. I hate to sound harsh but you are traveling without planning. Didn't you get a toll card when you got on the road at exit 50 in Buffalo? It had the rates you pay on it. You did not look? You did not ask? Then pay the charge and suck it up and learn from YOUR MISTAKE.
    For others it is I86 to Binghamton and the I88 to Albany NO TOLLS. Ten miles longer and maybe 20 minutes more but totally free
  • The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) published a comparison study last year of the various state toll facilities, including bridges, tunnels, and highways. Using the 2-axle passenger car rate, the highest per mile tolls were in CA at $0.35, and the lowest in NH at $0.03. The NY Thruway came in at $0.05, the same as FL.

    Comparison of Toll Rates by State and Regional Tolling Authorities

    Those of us that subscribe to the NYS Thruway's E-ZPass Motorhome Plan, pay passenger car per axle rates instead of the tall vehicle bus/truck rates.
  • They don't have a Disney World in there state to pay for road repairs. LOL
  • Well you should know your route if traveling..

    Use this calculator..

    Does it correspond to what you were charged???

    http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/tolls/calc/findclass/classtree.cgi

    How many axles and how high is the RV???

    What exit did you enter and exit???

    Do the math.. Its not their fault if accurate...

    Sure next time come through NJ and try to go over one of the bridges and see what you get charged...

    Wait till you run up and down the garden state parkway.. Its $6 bucks a toll for me... Truck and dual axle TT each toll. Its like $40 bucks just to get to south jersey for me... Thats why I take side roads...

    LOL