The Davy Crockett
Engineer
The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) has a new video out about tolls on 'freeways' which is linked here.
Guess what? :unsure:
It is pro-toll!
NOT pro-duck trolls - which live under toll bridges. :giggle:
The offer that caught my eye as really questionable :blink: is Lunch In The Fast Lane.
For the week starting on 9/22/14, one can travel for FREE in the HOT lanes between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM if one has an E-Z Pass. Okay, great. Get people to try the lanes and maybe folks will start using them more, and the company that built them will stop losing money
However, if one registers by 9/17, one will get a coupon for discounts at a number of restaurants, INCLUDING a 'restaurant and BREW house and a BREWERY.
So, it seems to me, said owners are promoting driving in the "express lanes" to a brewery or brew house for a discounted lunch courtesy said owners, and then driving back to work in the express lanes. Was this really a good idea? Seems like they are promoting DWI to me. :wacko:
I think I'll avoid 495 in Virginia completely between 11 and 2 that week!
Guess what? :unsure:
It is pro-toll!
NOT pro-duck trolls - which live under toll bridges. :giggle:
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On a related, but different note, I got a HUGE (14" x 8") postcard in the mail last week telling me about several promotions for the 495 Express Lanes - which are the under used HOT lanes on Virginia's side of the Capital Beltway.The offer that caught my eye as really questionable :blink: is Lunch In The Fast Lane.
For the week starting on 9/22/14, one can travel for FREE in the HOT lanes between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM if one has an E-Z Pass. Okay, great. Get people to try the lanes and maybe folks will start using them more, and the company that built them will stop losing money
However, if one registers by 9/17, one will get a coupon for discounts at a number of restaurants, INCLUDING a 'restaurant and BREW house and a BREWERY.
So, it seems to me, said owners are promoting driving in the "express lanes" to a brewery or brew house for a discounted lunch courtesy said owners, and then driving back to work in the express lanes. Was this really a good idea? Seems like they are promoting DWI to me. :wacko:
I think I'll avoid 495 in Virginia completely between 11 and 2 that week!
