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Article #358Re: EDITORIAL: Californians say
From: Merritt Mullen
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:40
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:40
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rigg at riggedyroar@my-deja.com wrote on 8/24/01 1:59 AM: > E-Z Pass users get their own lane. They still have to pass through the > plaza, which seems silly to me. Why modern systems don't just use an > overhead detector on nothing more than a big bar over the highway, I > don't know. It might have something to do with speed, though you > mention full highway speeds in O.C. The fact that everyone passes through the plaza is probably because the highway was designed before electronic billing was invented. The toll roads in Orange County were designed for electronic billing. What you suggest for modern systems is exactly how it works in Orange County. There is an overhead bar with antennas that query the transponders in each car passing underneath. Speed is not a factor. I am sure some of those cars go through at 90 mph and are billed correctly. The toll plazas, for those who need to pay cash, are completely off the main highway, and since so many people use the transponders, the toll plazas are not very busy. I think the main plazas have about 8 booths (each direction) and I have never seen more than 2 or 3 of them open and manned, and I have never had more than 1 or 2 cars ahead of me passing through the toll booth (I don't use the toll roads during rush hours, however). Merritt
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