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Dec 30, 2018Explorer
Toll avoidance
I put this under class A as I believe those driving Motorhomes ( especially longer heavier w/tag axles) would be paying much higher tolls than fifth wheels or travel trailers, and perhaps more likely ...
Bruce Brown wrote:
True story;
A few years ago some radio station was interviewing the head of the NYS Thruway Authority (un-elected, un-accountable people, BTW) and the high cost of tolls was being discussed. Some state (can't remember which one) had lowered rates which resulted in increased traffic and a major increase in revenue.
The guy from NY thought that was a nice idea, but...
this is a paraphrase but darn close to word for word;
"Because our rates are so high usage is down and revenue has suffered. Usage and revenue are down so much actually that we have no choice but to raise the rates".
Duh, we know what the problem is and our solution is to double up on the problem.
No wonder threads like this keep coming up.