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dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:54 pm
by ellewoods123
re: Crandall v Nevada.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:03 pm
by ldlamb
I would assume because you have other untaxed options for leaving the state

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:03 pm
by A. Nony Mouse
Aren't tolls generally intra-state? So not for leaving the state. Also, the purpose of tolls isn't to tax you for leaving the state, but to bear the costs of people traveling on the roads.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:05 pm
by EzraFitz
Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:15 am
by PoopyPants
EzraFitz wrote:Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.
Seems like you can't go anywhere in NJ without paying a toll, and they sure make it hard to leave without paying one.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:43 am
by ymmv
It's 2015, you can tell your map app to avoid the damn things if you're too cheap to get anywhere on time.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:26 am
by ballouttacontrol
EzraFitz wrote:Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.
Treasure Island, California, is only accessible via the Bay Bridge, which is tolled

Unless you count using a sailboat

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:04 pm
by goldenflash19
ballouttacontrol wrote:
EzraFitz wrote:Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.
Treasure Island, California, is only accessible via the Bay Bridge, which is tolled

Unless you count using a sailboat
You could drive all the way around the southern end of the Bay and get to Treasure Island from SF on 80E. The toll is only charged going westward.

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:15 pm
by ballouttacontrol
goldenflash19 wrote:
ballouttacontrol wrote:
EzraFitz wrote:Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.
Treasure Island, California, is only accessible via the Bay Bridge, which is tolled

Unless you count using a sailboat
You could drive all the way around the southern end of the Bay and get to Treasure Island from SF on 80E. The toll is only charged going westward.
ctfuuu i mean it's still a toll bridge...from Marin that would literally be like a 4000 mile drive lmao

Re: dumb question = why are tolls constitutional?

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:21 pm
by EzraFitz
ballouttacontrol wrote:
goldenflash19 wrote:
ballouttacontrol wrote:
EzraFitz wrote:Yeah, tolls seem to be more of a usage tax, and I can't think of any place you can only access by toll roads.
Treasure Island, California, is only accessible via the Bay Bridge, which is tolled

Unless you count using a sailboat
You could drive all the way around the southern end of the Bay and get to Treasure Island from SF on 80E. The toll is only charged going westward.
ctfuuu i mean it's still a toll bridge...from Marin that would literally be like a 4000 mile drive lmao
Haha no one said it's a nice work around. But technically you could not have to pay tolls. You pay for the convenience, and the usage of the easy path.