http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/big_rig_was_rigged_ul7I0Tuwwkze9HzczJFCqO (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/big_rig_was_rigged_ul7I0Tuwwkze9HzczJFCqO)
I say put the driver in charge of our nation's economic recovery program! [laugh]
Maybe if they raised the toll to $68 for everyone they could collect huge fines from more people [thumbsup]
BTW I meant to post this in NMC but I messed up and its here instead. Maybe someone will move it...
don't get me started on tolls...........regressive tax is all I'll say.
make the beast with two backs the tolls seriously just keep screwing the little guy they went up to somewhere around $20 to cross a bridge in your car now!!!!!!
Quote from: muskrat on October 14, 2011, 12:03:57 PM
don't get me started on tolls...........regressive tax is all I'll say.
I thought you weren't gonna start? [cheeky]
Quote from: GLantern on October 14, 2011, 01:31:08 PM
make the beast with two backs the tolls seriously just keep screwing the little guy they went up to somewhere around $20 to cross a bridge in your car now!!!!!!
yeah... a 50% increase in tolls on the bridges/tunnels is ridiculous. i cant think of any other govt agency or private company that could get away with that.
and also, since i live right by the gwb, it hits me pretty hard :\
did I start this? [bang]
Damn...a $65 toll. WTF.
Quote from: Triple J on October 14, 2011, 02:23:35 PM
Damn...a $65 toll. WTF.
That's for a commercial vehicle using the bridge for commerce. They should pay more of the share of the bridge upkeep as they create more wear and tear.
And if you think $65 is expensive...try this :) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls)
Quote from: hbliam on October 14, 2011, 03:22:35 PM
That's for a commercial vehicle using the bridge for commerce. They should pay more of the share of the bridge upkeep as they create more wear and tear.
And if you think $65 is expensive...try this :) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls)
I know...still seems excessive.
Quote from: GLantern on October 14, 2011, 01:31:08 PM
make the beast with two backs the tolls seriously just keep screwing the little guy they went up to somewhere around $20 to cross a bridge in your car now!!!!!!
I get from PA to Queens everyday for 50 cents in tolls. It still can be done.
Quote from: lethe on October 14, 2011, 05:23:02 PM
I get from PA to Queens everyday for 50 cents in tolls. It still can be done.
Get off Staten Island without paying a toll. The Varrazano is now $13 cash, 9.60 EZ pass. The alternative would be to head out to Joisy and enter through a Hudson River crossing and pay only $12 cash, 9.50 peak 7.50 off peak EZ Pass plus wastes miles, fuel and time.
Vz bridge you only pay going into si.. yea i told my sisters im not visiting much anymore..
Hovercraft would fit the bill nicely [cheeky]
Quote from: cokey on October 14, 2011, 08:20:42 PM
Vz bridge you only pay going into si.. yea i told my sisters im not visiting much anymore..
Yep. Stand corrected. Try to get into...
Quote from: hbliam on October 14, 2011, 03:22:35 PM
And if you think $65 is expensive...try this :) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#Tolls)
Really!?!?!
The least expensive toll was 36 cents to American adventurer Richard Halliburton, who swam the canal in 1928.[
so,...who should pay for the capitol improvement/replacement for this infrastructure?
just asking...
Quote from: howie on October 14, 2011, 07:40:02 PM
Get off Staten Island without paying a toll. The Varrazano is now $13 cash, 9.60 EZ pass. The alternative would be to head out to Joisy and enter through a Hudson River crossing and pay only $12 cash, 9.50 peak 7.50 off peak EZ Pass plus wastes miles, fuel and time.
I'm glad I live to the north rather than the south and also glad I rarely have any reason to go to Staten Island
Quote from: thought on October 14, 2011, 01:55:13 PM
i cant think of any other govt agency or private company that could get away with that.
My HMO got away with it when my co-pay doubled. My premium went up 16% this year.
My merit increase was less than 4%.
Quote from: Privateer on October 15, 2011, 08:09:39 AM
My HMO got away with it when my co-pay doubled. My premium went up 16% this year.
My merit increase was less than 4%.
is that your HMO's fault or your employer's fault? unless you're self-employed, i'm pretty sure that's the "deal" your benefits coordinator negotiated for your company.
Quote from: derby on October 15, 2011, 10:27:55 AM
is that your HMO's fault or your employer's fault? unless you're self-employed, i'm pretty sure that's the "deal" your benefits coordinator negotiated for your company.
i'm sure it was a combination of the HMO increasing it and the ER paying less, percentage wise.
not sure if it matters who caused it. the point is it went up and I don't really have a choice other than to accept it.