Atlanta Area Toll Roads
As part of my deal with Bluff Media with regards to thepokerdb.com, I go into their offices a few times a week to help with the redevelopment of thepokerdb.com. I live kinda close to Emory University (as I’m a law student there, although technically on a leave to pursue this opportunity) and Bluff’s offices are only about 20 min north of where I live. For those of you familiar with the area, I take 400 up to where it runs into 285.
Along that particular route, there is a troublesome 50 cent toll booth. In case you’re curious, it’s this one: Toll Booth on Google Maps. It looks like a normal toll booth. I thought that too when I first started driving through it.
But, I’ve learned something about that toll booth. It is a donk magnet. I’ve seriously never been so infuriated by a toll booth in my life. There are three different ways to go through: Georgia Cruise Card, Exact Change or Cashier. Stupidly, I never got a cruise card even though I loved EZPass when I used to live in PA. I’m not 100% sure, but I don’t think I can use EZPass in Georgia. Anyway, I usually go through the Exact Change lanes because I keep a stash of quarters in the car. The problem comes in at that point — people will pull into the Exact Change lane and then just sit there. It’s like they just assume they have 50 cents sitting around and they’ll find it at their leisure. I’m not complaining about people sitting there for 5 or 10 seconds to gather a few dimes and nickels together. I’m talking about full-fledged parking in the toll lane to START looking for change. They happily just park there for a few minutes or more. And once you’re behind them, inevitably someone else pulls up behind you and you’re stuck. The only way to get these people to move is to lay on the horn after giving them 60 seconds or so. I don’t care if they get a ticket for going through the toll, they’re morons for going into that lane without exact change. And it isn’t like I see this infrequently. It happens ALL THE TIME. It’s retarded.
Anyway, I wanted to vent. If anyone else drives through this toll on a regular basis, am I seeing things? Or is this toll really the donk magnet that I think it is?
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