I miss the option of paying tolls in real time.

[Torvy]

i avoid tolls if possible, refuse to get a box for my car. Around me they making more and more toll roads from roads that used to not be toll roads, all to grab money. With variable time of day tolls, sometimes can be over $100......

I was that way until I was commuting 35 miles each way in DFW traffic.

The the time difference was too great, not to mention the aggravation.

Now it's not really an issue. I rarely go into the city and it's usually to see my kids. I choose the tollway when it gets me around traffic. I really hate driving in traffic.

Fortunately, the routes from here to my kids seldom benefit from tollways.

 

[Jstpssng]

I really hate driving in traffic

Which also comes back to how valuable your time is. How many will pay a $5.00 toll to save a half hour on the road?

 

[ultrarunner]

A neurosurgeon that had a hilltop Oakland estate valued his time he would come and go via helicopter…

No idea the price point where helicopter commute trumps…

 

[ponytug]

@Jstpssng You make a great point. I'm definitely not as rational as I think I am, or I would pay the toll more often.

@ultrarunner Given the safety record of small helicopters, that seems like an interesting trade off by the doc. (Somewhere around 1,000x driving). But few people are rational...

All the best, Peter

 

[jyoutz]

@Jstpssng You make a great point. I'm definitely not as rational as I think I am, or I would pay the toll more often.

@ultrarunner Given the safety record of small helicopters, that seems like an interesting trade off by the doc. (Somewhere around 1,000x driving). But few people are rational...

All the best, Peter

I used to ride around in helicopters often when I worked on wildfire incident management teams. Over the years, there were 5 helicopters that fell out of the sky on incidents that I served on. About half of the occupants were fatalities. I finally decided to give up doing aerial mapping and intelligence.

 

[Oaktree]

3A is the road that directly parallels it.
Rt 3 is a mile east, and brings you through congested Hooksett, Pembrook, etc…

You're half right. 3A parallels between Manchester and Concord. 3 parallels it between Manchester & Nashua, and takes you thru Merrimack. On the southern stretch 3A is on the other side of the river. I don't know why they swap.

 

[Oaktree]

How many will pay a $5.00 toll to save a half hour on the road?

When I was younger, I'd take the "scenic route" to avoid a toll, but the older I get the less it's worth it.

 

[DarkBlack]

You're half right. 3A parallels between Manchester and Concord. 3 parallels it between Manchester & Nashua, and takes you thru Merrimack. On the southern stretch 3A is on the other side of the river. I don't know why they swap.

Ok. The majority of Mass to NH traffic uses route 93. With that route you only need to avoid the Hooksett tolls by using 3A. I wasn’t thinking of those coming up using 293, which as you pointed out , adds that second toll

 

[Larry Caldwell]

On a $39 purchase without satisfaction I launched a Consumer Product Safety Commission Investigation which resulted in product redesign.

Bait and switch advertising is another thing I stand on principal.

I’ve filed court cases with goverment agencies which settled rather than going to court…

Police in hot foot pursuit destroyed a section and gate of a yard fence… police said immune and that is what insurance is for… with a thousand deductible at the time it was all out of my pocket.

Served the city and city Attorney reached out to settle… funny how that works that it took a suit to get someone’s attention.

Cities buy lawsuit insurance from indemnity companies. Those companies have lawyers on the payroll. If it's cheaper to settle than go to court, they will settle every time. The city has nothing to do with that decision.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I used to ride around in helicopters often when I worked on wildfire incident management teams. Over the years, there were 5 helicopters that fell out of the sky on incidents that I served on. About half of the occupants were fatalities. I finally decided to give up doing aerial mapping and intelligence.

My dad spent several years being a helicopter mechanic. He refused to ride in them.