While You Were Sleeping: April 13th, 2015
Sydney, Australia is looking to see what costs motorists are willing to bear in terms of road tolls before they decide the time savings isn’t worth it.
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Based on the article about tolls in and around Sydney, I'd have moved long ago. Where I live here in the US, I have one Toll road within 5 miles of my home, two toll bridges south of me, another farther east and a 30-40 mile long toll highway running down the peninsula. The average toll at each location is roughly $4. Now, fortunately for me, I don't have the need to pass through multiple tolls on a daily basis, but for some they pay a minimum of $8/ day or $40/week just for the convenience of avoiding much slower traffic on other highways to bypass the tolls--a detour that can easily add 10 minutes or more to the commute. Others have to cross one of those toll bridges south of me, adding another $4/day, raising their weekly commute to $60, though trying to bypass that toll now adds another 15 minutes or more not even counting the fact that you're forced through the bottleneck of 2-lane highways and slower speed limits along with the congestion and increased accident risk. Personally, I avoid all the tolls unless time itself is important. You know, it's probably cheaper to use local transit systems in Sydney than to drive there--especially after the new toll roads are completed.
@Derek Kreindler That is a shot of the Ford HQ in Melbourne, not Sydney
Are we going to read an article at TTAC about the crash that resulted in the death Gary Terry? I expect Jack is qualified to write something useful about it. BTW, last time I went to those "racing driver for a day" attractions, I ended wrecking the car as well. Fortunately, I didn't have a passenger, so I didn't kill anyone.
Is it just me, or does the Slovakian Bentley look an awful lot like a British taxicab?