On 15/12/2018 14:46, tim... wrote:


"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
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"tim..." wrote:

and how do users of rental cars pay these tolls?

Toll company bills rental car company, rental car company charges card
used for
rental. At least in my experience. The layers of administrative
surcharges make
that an expensive option.

precisely!

the rental company charge you 30 dollars for a 3 dollar toll, that you
would have happily paid some other way if you could.

it really shouldn't be like that (As in, the problems likely to be
encountered by the uses of rental cars should have a solution engineered
in to the system)


Just another form of tourist tax.


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On 15/12/2018 15:37, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 15/12/2018 14:46, tim... wrote:


"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
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"tim..." wrote:

and how do users of rental cars pay these tolls?

Toll company bills rental car company, rental car company charges
card used for
rental. At least in my experience. The layers of administrative
surcharges make
that an expensive option.

precisely!

precisely wrong: if you heed the warnings and register in advance or
within 3 days and pay the tolls there's no surcharge etc whatsoever.

the rental company charge you 30 dollars for a 3 dollar toll, that you
would have happily paid some other way if you could.

it really shouldn't be like that (As in, the problems likely to be
encountered by the uses of rental cars should have a solution
engineered in to the system)


Just another form of tourist tax.


no - though it might be said to be a tax on the stupid

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Robin
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Robin wrote:

precisely wrong: if you heed the warnings and register in advance or
within 3 days and pay the tolls there's no surcharge etc whatsoever.

Well, sort of. I realize all systems aren't the same. Here's the web page for
Colorado E470, the most recent system I've used.

https://www.e-470.com/Pages/HowE470W...ntal-Cars.aspx

Setting up an Express Toll account does requires the payment of a $35 deposit in
advance and you have to add the rental car plate number to the account before
driving on the toll road. A bit cumbersome and expensive for one off trips.

Sigh. And of course after I posted I realized this was a UK group. Never mind.

On 15/12/2018 16:48, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Sigh. And of course after I posted I realized this was a UK group. Never mind.



But one currently discussing the Sydney[1] toll roads


[1] FTAOD Sydney, Australia - not Nova Scotia


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Robin
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"Robin" wrote in message
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On 15/12/2018 16:48, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Sigh. And of course after I posted I realized this was a UK group. Never
mind.



But one currently discussing the Sydney[1] toll roads


[1] FTAOD Sydney, Australia - not Nova Scotia



we're just using examples around the world in order to establish a best
practice solution to this problem

So far. I've yet to see one

All of them seem to think that foreigners (whether driving their own car or
a rental) are ripe to be ripped off and require no consideration.

tim

"Robin" wrote in message
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On 15/12/2018 15:37, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 15/12/2018 14:46, tim... wrote:


"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
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"tim..." wrote:

and how do users of rental cars pay these tolls?

Toll company bills rental car company, rental car company charges card
used for
rental. At least in my experience. The layers of administrative
surcharges make
that an expensive option.

precisely!

precisely wrong: if you heed the warnings and register in advance or
within 3 days and pay the tolls there's no surcharge etc whatsoever.

ITYF we have moved on here to some US Toll road.

tim