Something For The Turnpike Tollroad Drivers

[icanfixall]

While surfing the Cord parts on ebay I found this and thought what a nice idea instead of throwing coins at a basket. With some of the mirror options our rigs have I figure this would be nicer than getting to close that a mirror gets knocked or worse... Broken off....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NOS...Cord&hash=item33812fcaf4&vxp=mtr#ht_399wt_971

 

[troutwest66]

That is pretty cool. Although here in Idaho, I've never been on a toll road or bridge. Spokane, WA had the Maple Street bridge toll booth for a long time but we had never gone through it. It's gone now (the toll booth).

 

[sassyrel]

It's gone now (the toll booth).[/QUOTE]

highly unusual..normally,,the politcos..like to keep them up.. they
LOVE the money!!!!!!

 

[79jasper]

These days, one of those would cause someone to get shot by the cops...

 

[stumiister]

Dang Gary I have never seen one before but Im sure if I pulled that out to use I bet Iwould get shot

 

[RLDSL]

These days, one of those would cause someone to get shot by the cops...

I was about to say.. I can just see some poor sucker whipping that thing out and next thing, hes face down on teh ground with 10 cop cars and 2 helecopters and an appointment with homeland security

 

[troutwest66]

I think it was to pay for the bridge. Spokane is over the WA line from us so I'm not 100% sure.

 

[The Warden]

I think it was to pay for the bridge. Spokane is over the WA line from us so I'm not 100% sure.

Most bridge tolls are implemented as a way to pay for the bridge. At least in the SF Bay Area, the tolls were meant to be temporary to pay the bridges off...but, by the time the bridges were paid off, they needed earthquake retrofit work, so the tolls were kept in place (and even increased a few times). Now, the tolls are in place for two reasons: 1) to pay for the new Bay Bridge eastern span, and 2) because the rest of the state (L.A., the San Joaquin Valley, etc) said that they weren't willing to help pay for upkeep for pieces of infrastructure that weren't in their area.

In the days of electronic toll-taking, I just wish they'd implement high-speed toll lanes statewide. I've seen it on a few bridges, and it really works better than having to slow to 10 mph or so to keep from smacking a mirror against one side or the other. It might not be a huge deal in a passenger car, but in a bus, it can really be tantamount to threading a needle. I think every mirror on every one of my company's buses has damage from hitting the side of a toll booth (you only have about six inches of clearance on either side)

 

[idi_econoline]

These days, one of those would cause someone to get shot by the cops...

Saw this in an ad or something way back then... late 60s? early 70s?

Yeh, with cameras watching everything these days, this would be a risky toy.

 

[TWeatherford]

Some states would probably consider that an actual firearm. Point, shoot, squeeze the trigger, projectile comes out - yep it's a gun and your going to jail.