Tollgates

In exchange, states granted them the right to place tollgates every few miles, and to collect various fees for each type of traveler wishing to use the road. ❋ Eric Jaffe (2010)

Where the new pay roads met the old free ones, people often circumvented the tollgates a practice called “shun-piking” that, in one humble opinion, would have been more cleverly termed “spurn-piking”. ❋ Eric Jaffe (2010)

It could tear onto an eight lane freeway, swerving wildly lane to lane in a mad dash westward, cracking tollgates like toothpicks the whole way. ❋ Unknown (2007)

* Much of the concerns many of us have had about tollgates on the Internet and an end to open interconnection will evaporate since the barrier to providing Internet access will be much lower and the power of the existing cable-telco duopoly diluted. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And we will openly agree to and we are more than willing to have government oversight with very specific benchmarks with very specific tollgates that the government would put in place relative to how the funds would be used, measurement of our success on a monthly, quarterly basis, and demonstrating our commitment that our plan really, really has accountability and viability, Wolf. ❋ Unknown (2008)

RFID is the technology used now to automate toll taking at bridges and tunnels; drivers are given a small plastic box with an RFID chip inside, allowing them to drive through the tollgates without stopping. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sometimes, too, townships will put up tollgates, almost at random intervals along the highways, simply to boost local revenue, says Meyer. ❋ Knowledge@Wharton (2006)

Sunday, Soundside water near Quietwater Beach had risen to the edge of Pensacola Beach Boulevard near the tollgates. ❋ Beach Blogger (2005)

Omar urged motorists to set out at least an hour or two earlier than normal because of the expected high volumes of traffic at tollgates and roadblocks. ❋ Unknown (2002)

There will be delays at these roadblocks and tollgates. ❋ Unknown (2002)

She said traffic from KwaZulu-Natal might be sufficiently heavy to cause bottlenecks along the N3 between Villiers and Heidelberg - where major roadworks were in progress - and at tollgates. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Alive also noted that many motorists were avoiding the N1 using alternative routes to circumvent paying tollgates fees. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I mean, we've got some real problems, and -- and, frankly, the bridge has a lot of tollgates along the way for ... ❋ Unknown (2000)

He said about 500 taxis were parked alongside the road and about 700 people were waiting to meet with the chief executive officer of TRAC, the consortium responsible for tollgates along the ❋ Unknown (1999)

Last week it was announced that tollgates would be placed on urban roads, including the Ben Schoeman highway between ❋ Unknown (1998)

Dude, what happened to Jimmy did he get kicked out of [hendi]? He's [prolly] doing meth at [Tollgate] or something. ❋ Fucklasalle (2021)