It used to be that the word Fuel would strike fear into the heart of a car hauler or trucker. A new addition to this feared word group is coming about. That word is tolls and any car hauler knows that it is one of the most contentious cost issues being faced by car carriers on the road today. According to a Transport Topics article one state is cracking down on drivers who are trying to avoid them.
The State of Ohio is charging drivers full price if they mysteriously lose their ticket. Traditionally drivers would lose their ticket and then get issued a cheaper ticket since there was no proof of the original.
those days are over
The only problem is, it is not just the driver who is getting the ticket. The cost of this Ohio toll, and the higher New York tolls, the I-95 toll, the tolls emerging in other states...is that the cost is passed onto you and me.
So really we are paying these tolls in the form of more expensive goods.
The question is, how expensive will things have to get before the public backlash about tolls is heard
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