The State has settled with Dollar and Thrifty rental cars for not disclosing the true cost of tolls and toll violations while driving their cars. The State settled earlier with Avis and Payless; which is great, I guess. The thing is that the basic problem lives on. If you rent a car in Florida and…
Tag: Florida toll roads
So here you are. Welcome to the Sunshine State. Maybe you’ve just figured out how much that toll transponder for your rental car is going to cost from the rental car company. Maybe you opted out and are now driving around trying to avoid getting on a toll road or ending up on one by…
The Attorney General’s office here in Florida is finally starting to get serious about rental car companies gouging us for tolls while driving rental cars. Whether it is the daily charge for a toll transponder even if you don’t need or use it; to the excessive “administration” charges that they tack on if you go…
The Veteran’s Expressway here in Tampa is still testing the express lanes, they’re free for now. It’s more like a free-for-all. I’m not sure of the wisdom of adding an express lane to avoid one entrance/exit that hardly anyone uses; but I’m not in charge here. Or anywhere as it turns out. But the real…
If you are looking to do something a little different while visiting Florida consider going to pick fruit. It’s a great way to see some of the countryside you might just drive right by. An inexpensive cooler from Walmart and ice from the hotel ice machine and you are ready to enjoy some fresh fruit….
So, is this our future? Tolls to drive the speed limit nearing $50 one way? We’re getting close and these Express lanes are spreading. I’ve been using the new ones on the Veteran’s Expressway in Tampa. They are currently free while the Toll Authority is testing them. But the prospects of being priced out of…
The new “Express” lanes have opened on the Veteran’s Expressway here in Tampa. For those of you not familiar with “Express” lanes, these are new lanes added to help keep traffic moving at speed during high use times. How do they accomplish this feat? By charging an additional toll on top of the toll you…
There are several new articles about tolls this week. Here’s an article on how to save time by paying a $40 toll on I-66 in Virginia from the Washington Post. These same types of lanes have just opened here in Florida, the new lanes are free “for now.” Enjoy them while you can, once the…
During and after a recent repaving of a major road near where I live in North Tampa; all of the traffic sensors in the road needed to be reinstalled. What that meant is a return to the bad old days of traffic lights changing based strictly on time; a minute for you a minute for…