One of the easiest ways to engage in a vitriolic discussion is to discuss toll violations. The reason they engender such passion is not because people believe the violators should be let off the hook for such a minor infraction. The reason they bring out so much emotion is the underlying purpose for the tolls to begin with. The two sides for and against tolls square off about whether or not tax income is being appropriate spent on transportation.
Those who are against say that our taxes are not spent well and imposing tolls on our roads is simply a symptom of government incompetence. Those who are for tolls believe that someone has to pay for the maintenance, repair and improvements to our road systems and tolls provide the fastest revenue stream. This is all about the overall fiscal condition that afflicts us starting with the federal government and working its way down to the state and eventually to the county and city.
It isn’t a simple question, and the consequences of an inferior infrastructure can drastically affect the growth and development of a municipality. Big business expects the local government to provide an infrastructure which makes their business easier to conduct. If the local government cannot or will not do so, they will simply move, taking their jobs and their employees somewhere else. It is a price to big for government to pay so transportation becomes a very high priority.
The interstate system that ties all of our cities together was built back in the 1950s. Contrary to popular belief that road system was designed for the US military. This explains why there are “interesting highways” in Hawaii. While the access to the highways are difficult from downtown Honolulu to go straight to the main gates of Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, and Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe.
Fortunately the need to have mass mobilization on the scale seen during World War II has not repeated. This paved the way for the trucking industry, to seize the lead in using this network to interconnect all of our cities with goods and services. It is a pleasant side benefit that we all can use the same roads for our own business and pleasure. Unfortunately, everything needs to be repaired and maintained in the question is by whom.
The federal government has not seen fit to budget for or fund the national road system. The expenses of keeping the system working across so vast an area have become prohibitively high. Factor in a few natural disasters, like flooding, damage from tornadoes and ice storms and it is clear, national transportation system needs help on a national scale. Another controversy surrounding tolls are toll violations that put points on your driver’s license. There are traffic ticket lawyers such as www.trafficticketteam.com that focus their practice on moving violations such as toll tickets. However, this still costs the driver money and seems like a tax.
Adding to the controversy is the age-old argument about whose cost a local road really is. Is it fair to distribute cost of the entire state, when the road is being built in the state capital. Many would say no and they are the most likely to support a toll on a specific road that way the people driving on the road are paying for it. But that is a myopic view. If the roads in the city are not kept up then the industries either leave or generate fewer funds and pay fewer taxes. These taxes provide revenue that is distributed across the state. In that way, everyone benefits from maintaining the infrastructure.
Toll violations are often the result of attention or distraction and occasionally a sentiment that they are simply unfair taxes. But no matter what the cause they always generate a heated conversation.
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