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Who invented the toll booth?

Seriously. And I apologize ahead of time for any obscene & foul language. Not to mention my frequent reference to something being 'retarded'. It's not that I have a prejudice against people, things, or objects that have mental disabilities... I just think that some idea's can really be retarded in the sense that they are not qualified enough to be considered. They're childish and dumb. Ok, on with the toll booth's

Requirements need to change

It's not necessarily the engineers who built them, but rather the guy who thought it would be a good idea. Toll booth's in and of themselves, are, retarded.

Time is money

Whoever thought that in one of the busiest city in the world (San Francisco), with just about the worst (car) traffic in the world, and in fact the most congested area where just about the entire world is merging together for what seems to be a giant parking lot of cars...yes I'm talking about the entrance to the bay bridge going north on the 880...they stop EVERYBODY just to pay a louzy $3 <explicitive> dollars. Seriously, wtf? As if things weren't bad enough. The fact that traffic is backed up five miles prior to the boothes has become normal just makes me sick to my stomache mad angry. Come on now, think of something else. Make us pay more taxes. I don't care. Whom ever retartded person(s) thought that there is a need to charge each and every person that crosses a bridge must pay a fee obviously did not keep in mind the simple philosophy that time is money. Hello? I'd throw down a jackson if it meant not having to wait in traffic for two hours.

Fast Track my Ass

This was by far one of the worst solutions to the toll booth problem. First off, fast track is no more less or expensive than the normal toll. It just means that you pay your bill through mail. Second of all, you can only pull off to the side to get in your little fast track lane about 100 feet before the actual booth. This of course, doesn't help when you're five miles back sitting in a lonley car with sweat dripping down your back with nobody to talk to because the entire world is on their cell phone which has caused your cell phone service to be busy (more about this -shame on you cingular-). No, this is not good at all. Fast Track is a false sense of hope and also, a retarded idea.

Possible Solutions

I'm not an engineer. Well, not a physical large city type-o-engineer. But here are some of my thoughts.

1. Take our picture: We have the technology. Send us the bill later. Let us sign up for direct deposit. I'll make a separate account called poll booth @$$ raping.
2. Make everyone sign up for some Track: We'll put up stickers on our car. Perhaps a little bar scanner type things like at the grocery store. Seriously, just make it a law. I'm willing to obey it.
3. Raise Taxes: Nuke the Booth

That's all I have to say about this.