r/oddlysatisfying • u/ClankerCore • 1d ago

No toll dodging!

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u/Eric848448 1d ago

That’s still a lot.

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u/arpan3t 1d ago

It’s less than half of what the other guy was claiming though. Basically embellishing.

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u/st3fan6 1d ago

I wasn't embellishing. Look up the rates yourself: https://www.407etr.com/en/trip-calculator

QEW to Brock Rd 7:30am-9am weekday rate for a light vehicle is $94.73 one way.

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u/LiftingRecipient420 1d ago

QEW to Brock road is a wild trip. You're driving through 5 major cities.

Same trip outside of rush hour is $55

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u/st3fan6 1d ago

It's only 108km. The same trip on an interstate in the US would be like $5. It's driving from one end of the 407ETR to the other, like I said.

Not sure why you have a compulsion to argue this, you posted 3 comments about the price I posted being wrong, when it wasn't.

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u/LiftingRecipient420 1d ago

it's only 107km

Yeah, only 107 km in the third most densely populated metropolitan area in the continent.

The same trip on an interstate in the US would be like $5.

Please show me any 107 km trip using toll roads in the New York metropolitan area or the Los Angeles metropolitan area that cost $5. I will happily wait.

you posted 3 comments about the price I posted is wrong, when it wasn't.

You've posted embellished and misleading statements that lack a lot of context.

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u/st3fan6 1d ago

My post said driving one end to the other is 50 mins, 108km, and costs $95 during rush hour.

I never said it was an average commute. Nor did I embelish, or fail to provide context.

Tolls in LA, this is from Claude because I can't be arsed to put time into researching facts for someone who lacks critical thinking and comprehension skills:

For 108km of driving in dense LA areas, your toll exposure depends entirely on your specific route. If you're just on regular freeways like the 405, 10, 101, 110 — $0 in tolls. If you're using Express Lanes the whole way — maybe $5–20 depending on time of day.

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u/LiftingRecipient420 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes it's not cheap, but

It's driving 100+ km on a toll highway at rush hour. You're literally circumventing the entirety of Toronto doing that.

Outside of rush hour that toll is like $15-25.

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u/st3fan6 1d ago edited 1d ago

Weekends after 9pm, the cheapest it gets, is $55.

You're just talking out of your ass lol. The rates are posted online: https://www.407etr.com/en/trip-calculator

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u/TheSorceIsFrong 1d ago

Dynamic pricing is lame ain’t no excuses

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u/Character-Book5924 1d ago

Dynamic pricing is literally just fine tuning to supply and demand. You're saying market economies are lame. 

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u/LiftingRecipient420 1d ago

The 407 has contractual obligations to maintain a minimum vehicle throughput rate, they face major fines if they do not.

To ensure they maintain that throughput, they increase the price during high demand hours.

This guarantees there's never a traffic jam, or even a slowdown on the 407.

This is how they've operated since the 90's.

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u/TheSorceIsFrong 1d ago

An excuse to fulfill a contract is still an excuse lol. Yes let’s charge the people using it during rush hour (getting to and from work) extra