as for the speed monitoring device, HELL NO. that\'s called big brother, and i want no part in that. why not slow the speed limits and get rid of traffic cops? i\'d be more in favor of that than having constant surveillance and info gathering going on with my consent. for better or worse, its my personal liberty to drive as fast or as slow as i want and i choose not to give up that right.
as for toll booths.... well, for some reason you folks in the north seem to loooove those things. the vast majority of the country has no need for them, but you guys with the smallest states seem to have no other idea of how to raise money without them. they suck, cripple the flow of traffic, and are wildly over-priced. why not just have a "highway commuter tax"? if you buy something on or near a highway, there\'s an extra 10 cents tacked on to every dollar, and that money goes to dot projects. if you live in the area and can prove it, you would be exempt. this would keep your already crappy traffic problems minimalized while still providing income that apparently y\'all don\'t want to have to pay yourselves.
here in dc we have FAR worse traffic than anything y\'all have in ct, but the thought of toll booths would make anybody around here apoplectic. there is a new push to have toll lanes, where you\'d pay a fee to be able to drive on these presumably less traveled lanes, but i can\'t see those working, either.