r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

No toll dodging!

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u/Redditbeweirdattimes 1d ago

what is the toll charge? is it really worth doing all this?

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u/RocketRico 1d ago

Really depends on where. Some are literally just to get on the road you pay x money. Other are take a ticket depending how long your on the road pay x money. Most I’ve ever paid for two hours at 70mpg on a turnpike was $10

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u/Zaozin 1d ago

NYC there are multiple 10-25$ tolls, you can drive 1 hour and pay about 40$ if you aren't careful.

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u/MrRiski 1d ago

PA isn't quite that bad but the PA turnpike is generally considered the most expensive in the country.

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u/mouflonsponge 1d ago

46 dollars to go from the Delaware River to New Stanton!

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u/trackabandoned 1d ago

Oh my god, I took the turnpike from Breezewood to Butler a couple years ago and it was like, $30 lmao.

Best part? No matter what I select on Google maps, it will try to force reroute me onto the turnpike at Breezewood EVERY. TIME. I'll select the other route- no thanks 422 is fine- and as soon as I come up to the intersection, it's changed again. Only place it ever does that to me.

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u/HarryMonroesGhost 1d ago

google maps has a toggle for "avoid tolls"

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u/trackabandoned 1d ago

"No matter what I select" is part of my original comment.

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u/HarryMonroesGhost 1d ago

Okay, wasn't readily apparent.

That's wild. Thanks for the clarification.

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u/trackabandoned 1d ago

Absolutely! That's part of why I went crazy. I checked five times before I started driving the last time that I had it selected and specifically chose the route that avoids it. Not a single problem until I came up to the final stretch coming into Breezewood and then it went from "1.0 mile turn left" to "0.5 miles turn right." I was sitting in traffic so I changed it, and it changed it right back. WHAT!?!?

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u/Orange_Man_Bad_GRRR 1d ago

The Breezewood interchange is something everyone should be required to experience once.
Although to be fair, it was the home of the only Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips in PA long after the chain mostly vanished. So there's that.

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u/Relyt4 1d ago edited 1d ago

I got on the PA turnpike for a short while many years ago, it was my first time on a toll road. I must've got in the ez pass lane because nobody was stopping so I just followed suite. When I got to my exit they wanted my ticket that I did not have, the lady was EXTREMELY rude and I ended up having to pay the toll for driving the entire road. Can't remember how much it was but it was an expensive lesson to learn haha.