i think the city of dallas has about 30,000 tolls. also, i think i drove through every one of them today. since i've been working all over the southwest, i've probably passed through dozens of tolls without paying. it's not that i just don't want to pay, it's just sometimes i'm not expecting them, i'm on the phone with a client, i'm rocking out to ani difranco, i don't have any change, or i simply don't feel like paying. if there's no change machine or tollbooth attendant, i'm obviously going to drive right through. so far i've done this in oklahoma city, tulsa, houston, dallas, and denver. surprisingly, i haven't gotten a ticket. i have 2 theories on the issue:
1. the municipalities of these states don't really care if you don't pay their tolls--it's strictly based on the honor system.
2. i'm in a new car, with new plates, from a rental agency every week. in boston, the first time you blow through the tolls, they send you a slap-on-the-wrist warning. if it happens again, you're toast. since it probably costs the toll company more money to research my plates, contact the rental car agency, and then forward the bill on to boston, i think they just let me slide.
another possibility is that one day i'm going to get slapped with an $80,000 fine for years of flipping off the tollbooth cameras. at this point, i'm willing to take that risk. fuck the tolls, i'm living on the edge.
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