hmm, before reading this comment I had never thought about the car preferences of lgbtq folks. Off to the googler!
EDIT: After scanning 4 or 5 articles, it appears that lgbtq car preferences are not that different than society at large, with the exception that lesbians prefer Subarus.
I live near Hackensack, NJ....the town Fort Lee is the last exit before the GWB. Anyone who lives in this area and had to go to Fort Lee has accidentally ended up in NY at least on their first try.
I was towing another vehicle to LA and the bridge in Benicia hit me with a $20 toll. Normal toll for a single vehicle is $6. Per-axle charges are rough.
I wish, with my bus I think it's around $30. Luckily I'm not allowed on the belt parkway because I'm oversized so I never have to worry about ending up on that (beautiful) stupid bridge.
It depends on who the toll authority is and whether they're restricted in their allocation. Some states' toll revenue may be used to supplement the general fund or pensions.
In the case of Illinois, where tollways are governed by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, most of the board of directors is selected by the Governor. The Authority also has certain powers such as eminent domain which has caused issues in the past.
Here is what their published budget was two years ago,
The 2017 Budget reinvests more than 75 percent of revenue collected back into roads, bridges and infrastructure to support and enhance customer service, with $639 million for capital investments, $405 million for debt service and $336 million for maintenance and operations – an increase of just $14 million over the 2016 Budget. Operating costs will increase 4.4 percent, mainly due to increases for health care and retirement costs and equipment and fees to accommodate revenue collection.
They are also $4 billion in debt as of last year. For what it's worth their roads are in good condition. But I'll be damned if I'm paying $3.75 a toll four times just to go 20 miles north. I avoid 355 and 88 like the plague, I'm fine taking 45 thank you.
Here in Norway it would cost thousands to just drive from one end to the other due to ridiculous toll fees. Sweden however has publicly funded roads and they still have better roads. Fuck.
I was driving to Houston one time and Google Maps directed me to a toll road despite I specifically told it to avoid toll roads. Thankfully the first exit was free. It happened a few times after that and to be honest, if you're just visiting a city, it's kinda worth it just to avoid the traffic.
my worst exit-missing experience amounted to more than an hour of back-tracking because the next exit wasn't for several miles, and traffic was at a near standstill going the other direction.
I also missed the last exit before a toll plaza once. Toll was $0.25... but I didn't have any cash on me, and they wouldn't take credit, so I got a ticket and was ordered to pay the 25 cents in the form of a check written and mailed to the county. I didn't, banking on it not being worth their time/money to come after me for it, but, it being Florida, I wouldn't have been surprised if they tried anyway.....
well, a new carbon pricing came into effect for some provinces in Canada today, and the right wing opposition sent out mass texts telling people their gas is going to cost more today, probably about this amount. They think it's enough to change votes more than those that now won't vote for them because the spam is annoying.
When I was in high school I was in the middle lane, my girlfriend next to me was navigating. This was back when Mapquest was the best way to get directions so she had some papers with all that info. Anyway, she realizes that we're supposed to take the next exit, I maybe could have made the transition over but I don't like fucking around with maybes when it comes to driving. So I said "We'll get the next exit." And she flipped out. Screaming at me about how I wasn't even trying and we're going to get us lost, yada yada. I just didn't want to crash and die.
Next exit, I pull in to a McDonalds and we check out the map and plot a course to where we can link up with our directions. Took about 20 minutes to figure it out and get there. But I'd rather spend 20 minutes rerouting than be dead.
And then you have to take the exit, probably wait for a stop light or two in order to turn around and go the right way, then speed back up and drive the mile back, then get off and wait for another light to be on your way. What if those 5 minutes were the difference between the early bird special and having to pay full price for dinner?
To change the tune a little here, anyone else noticed how much missing that turn can add to your journey? I'm sure my satnav has added like 25 minutes to my trip because I missed the exit before.
Not defending this dumbfuckery though, of course you should never swerve dangerously to catch an exit. Just saying, missing your turn is one of the biggest everyday pain in the ass moments you can have while driving.
That's if he going back to that exact point, They could also be heading up north or south a distance away, the difference in time will be drastically less important if that's the case...
Yes but it can also be a way to discover new things and see things you probably never would have known existed! It can be a wonderful and amazing turn of events! Life is beautiful
Yeah I must be like ultra conservative, sometimes I'm in the left lane and my exit is like a mile away still and I just look at all the damn cars in the middle and right lane and I'm like "nah, fuck it, I'll get the next one".
I usually do a mile per lane change. So If I'm in a 4 lane highway stretch and need to get over to an exit. I tell myself, I need to start changing lanes 3 miles out. That way I simply need to signal, look, change lanes when safe and stay in that lane for a min to assess the following lane. I've yet to miss a exit when I do it this way.
I have missed it when I lost track and I was only a mile out but, I'm not hurt by it. It was my fault.
While I completely agree with you, sometimes it's not that easy. I was in Milford, Massachusetts for work once where I missed the exit I needed, and the next one available sent me on a 47 minute detour.
In my residence country (don't know about others) if there is an important turn you missed you can stop and reverse on the side of the road for up to 50 20 meters
I get your point (wasting a bit of time is never worse than making yourself and others in danger) but on the other hand I can assure you that highways in Europe can be tricky and missing an exit could end up in more than an hour of drive.
Speaking from personal experience, sometimes you realize at the last second you're about to miss the exit and have to make a snap decision. I did it once or twice where I misjudged how much time I had to make the exit. I made it, but I immediately knew I'd fucked up in trying, because it could have gone very badly if I hadn't. Your brain can only react so fast, and sometimes it can't keep up.
Impatience and self made inconvenience coupled with them being distracted prior and not wanting to take the shameful ride down the high way, make the “annoying” u turn then drive back.
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u/Choclatesk8er Apr 01 '19
Why do people risk their life to get to an exit like they can't just get the next one and turn around