OK.. I got back from Detroit, got to Pennsylvania Turnpike, took the ticket at the tool booth and run an average of 110 MPH all the way... got home in 28 minutes instead of the usual 45-50 minutes running 80s..

Can the Gate keeper pull me over if they checked my time? I mean, when I took the ticket it's written 11:00 PM, then when I handed it to the gate keeper, his watch should be about 11:28 PM...
I mean, it's kinda obvious that I broke the speed limit...
but no Cops is around.. or no Aircraft around...
Can he pull me over?? has this ever happen to anyone?

 

Theoretically, yes. I mean it would be very easy to apply the D=R*T calculation.....but it is not legal to do so.

There was some legislation a few years back that would have allowed tickets to be generated automatically if you went from point a (turnpike entrance) to point b (your turnpike exit) too quickly....but thankfully that idea was shot down.

Then I heard they were trying to do the same thing with the EXPass set-up here in PA on the Turnpike....but luckilly that was shot down too...

Cheese

 

legally, they would have to prove that the original timestamp was correct and hadn't malfunctioned. Also, if whom you refer to as the gatekeeper isnt law enforcement he doesnt have the authority to detain you (not for speeding anyways)

Is it common in the US to pay tolls on roads? I'm from Canada, so that is a new concept to me...

 

Only back East.

 

not only back east, TX has em too (toll roads), man that state sucked, but Nor CA isn't much better, for tolls at least

 

A little piece of trivia:

Fastest time clocked through a toll station here (they have a little car pass you put on and can zoom through an express lane with it):

130mph - I believe it was a Camaro. He was not ticketed.

 

The Midwest has toll roads, too.

There's a reason that they DON'T do this: marketing. They WANT people to use the toll roads, so they can get your money. This is why such proposals were shot down. The Illinois Tollway Authority was asked by the press whether they could, and would, do this with I-PASS users (electronic toll collection using car-mounted transponders, like EZ-PASS back East). They said that theoretically they could, but they would NEVER do this. They save a lot of money taking collections with the I-PASS program, and it allows them to handle a lot more toll-paying traffic. They wouldn't want rumors to get started that would make folks afraid to use the I-PASS.

 

since you guys pay tolls on the turnpipe. Are the roads always in good condition??? like the road is always straight and it's not really bumpy like our beloved 880

 

I read in C/D once that a trucker was assessed a ticket because his elapsed time between EZ-Pass stops was too short. He was never pulled over, just got it in the mail...that sucks.

 

This sounds like one of those "urban legends" to me. Extremely dubious.

 

I can't believe that I'm the first one to mention this, but is it REALLY necessary to drive 110 MPH for 28 minutes? I could understand hopping on the freeway and getting an open stretch of road... 28 consecutive minutes is a whole other story. You might be saving 15-20 mins, but will it really be worth it if you get pulled over one day and have your car impounded and get sent to jail?! Just curious...

 

since you guys pay tolls on the turnpipe. Are the roads always in good condition??? like the road is always straight and it's not really bumpy like our beloved 880

nj turnpike and garden state parkway ($0.35 every 0.2miles) are generally in good condition.
the tappan zee bridge ($3) and most roads in and around nyc are better suited for suv traffic.

 

Yeah, I've driven in New York and surrounding areas. Definitely need an M1 Abrams tank to get through some of that crap. Luckily I was driving my friend's Jeep Wrangler and not my beloved R.

As for the toll roads here in TX, they are in good shape comparatively. Maybe not perfect, but no where near what New York sports.

 

On the time stamp issue, in the U.S., any state generated document may be assumed correct; no proof needed to prove correctness, only proof needed to prove incorrectness.