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In response to "I have SunPass on our cars and have never had an issue anywhere. Also, there's not many places you *need* to take a toll road." by JaxSean

It looks like from Atlanta we can get around it coming down the coast. Going to Huntsville Google won't route us around the Turnpike.

Posted by spamlet Jul 21 '20, 06:56

We can get a Sunpass but it would only save us a couple of dollars per their website.

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Yeah, Florida's Turnpikes are really just bonuses - or to get around rush hour areas. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:00 6
- "We made it suck on purpose, so we charge for it to not suck." -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 07:02 5
  - We approve zoning for a bunch of people to move here, but don't have a high enough gas tax to build the roads they need. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:10
  - It kind of pisses the socialist in me off. I pay taxes for roads, ergo, when we need more roads, they should build them. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:06 3
    - The problem typically is lack of existing budget to pay for the widening/new road upfront. So they finance them with toll revenue. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:08 2
      - Right, but I still think once they make that back, they should remove the tolls. - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:12 1
        
        I agree. I don't know the specifics of the toll authority in FL but I would hope toll revenue is specifically set aside for roads under them. -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 21, 07:15
Ah if I tell Google to avoid the tollway it will. For some reason it wouldn't give me that as one of the options. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:59 2
- Waze has this as well in the settings. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 07:01 1
  - Yeah usually it will give you a toll and non-toll option in Chicago so I was confused. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 07:06

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