Transit Tolls on Western Ring Route

[Wolf]

ok there goes 5 minutes of holding up the traffic behind me.....
Or I could drag it out to 10 minutes if I really wanted to.

You could always feign suddenly being "caught short" half way through suiting up and ask them if they have a toilet near the booth - after all, you were planning a much needed rest stop at the next service station and would have made it if they hadn't delayed you with their stupid toll point...

[Ixion]

...until your registration sticker is marginally thicker than it was in previous vehicle registrations and the toll booths mysteriously vanish but money starts automatically debitting from your bank account every time you use certain roads...


and even more money vanishes from your account if you somehow traverse an arbitrary 1km stretch of open road in less than 36 seconds...


1 minute and 12 seconds in town...

I gotta honkin big magnet!

[Wolf]

I gotta honkin big magnet!

So all the chicks tell me.







In seriousness: RFID is not fazed by magnets.

[ManDownUnder]

So all the chicks tell me.







In seriousness: RFID is not fazed by magnets.

I understand it hates Ali foil though

[sAsLEX]

In seriousness: RFID is not fazed by magnets.

What about immersion in water at 40 fathoms?

[Ixion]

Nope. That won't do it. Mind you, dunno if you'll find many toll booths down there, either.

[Disco Dan]

Just received information in the post on the tolls...

it seems it WILL BE ELECTRONIC and as such, our little plan to hold up the mway will not work...

cameras mounted above the road, one for each lane, will ID the vehicle by reg plate and for regular users, an electronic ID tag.

there is not a single mention of motorcycles in there though??

dont see how that will work when motobikes only have plate on the back

it states

"ALL vehicles would be identified by an image of the vehicles licence plate or possibly by an electronic tag kept in the car (for frequent users)."

[Motu]

dont see how that will work when motobikes only have plate on the back

That's pretty easy to sort out - just pass a law requiring motorcycles to have a plate on the front.

Done....next?

[sAsLEX]

That's pretty easy to sort out - just pass a law requiring motorcycles to have a plate on the front.

Done....next?

sshhhh they are trying that in NSW/ New Zealand's Traffic rules school


Though they are having issues with their placement, cant have dangerous appendages can you!

There is links to the study they have done that suggests stickers of some sort somewhere here in KB

[Ixion]

No. News flash just in (well, Wednesday night at BRONZ)

The Ozzies have now officially DROPPED the idea of requiring a front number plate on bikes. Just too hard. Off the agenda.

[kro]

Tolls???? good gravy, many moons ago, toll gates on the harbour bridge, and they're thinking about bringing it all back again?. Isn't this a major step backwards?.

[ManDownUnder]

"ALL vehicles would be identified by an image of the vehicles licence plate or possibly by an electronic tag kept in the car (for frequent users)."

I can't see them changing the law (nationwide) requiring bikes to have front plates just for Western Ring Road tolls - I'll raise that argument also... injuried to other etc from the front plate.

Re the back plate having a photo taken, what about those bikes with plates up under the tail (i.e. hard to photo from above). That could be a challenge.

Is there anything in the WOF stuff requiring the plate be mounted on the rear of the vehicle (as opposed to having one visible from the rear)? I reckon they'll still need a manual payment booth option, and if/when they do we'll have 'em!

MDU

[Squeak the Rat]

No. News flash just in (well, Wednesday night at BRONZ)

The Ozzies have now officially DROPPED the idea of requiring a front number plate on bikes. Just too hard. Off the agenda.

Thank fuckoola, if the aussies aren't doing it then unless the yanks or the swedes are then we're fine.....

[Disco Dan]

I can't see them changing the law (nationwide) requiring bikes to have front plates just for Western Ring Road tolls - I'll raise that argument also... injuried to other etc from the front plate.

Re the back plate having a photo taken, what about those bikes with plates up under the tail (i.e. hard to photo from above). That could be a challenge.

Is there anything in the WOF stuff requiring the plate be mounted on the rear of the vehicle (as opposed to having one visible from the rear)? I reckon they'll still need a manual payment booth option, and if/when they do we'll have 'em!

MDU

..thats right! they will have to have manned manual pay booth, a long line of bikes even on one of the lanes would be long enough to block whole road further back...

tolls? bring it on.... not for long transit!!

[James Deuce]

If it is RFID they don't ticket anyone for going too slowly, despite protestations.

On your morning communte, simply sychronise meeting points with 30 other communting motorcyclists and fan out across all lanes and practice slow riding to work. Do not exceed 15 km/hr.