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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 904977, member: 15309"]Just because the machines take dimes and nickels doesn't mean people are still paying with them. I don't know who your friends are in NYC but everyone I know who lives there buys month metro cards, not fare by fare with nickels which would require a whole roll anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure that the cost of living is much higher where I live, but no parking meters around here accept less than quarters and every toll is $1 or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding EZ-Pass, it is not one EZ Pass lane. It is one EZ-Pass only lane. An EZ-Pass holder can go through any lane in a toll plaza, not just the EZ-Pass only lane. The EZ-Pass thing is also related to where you live. In New Jersey, you really can't go anywhere without paying a toll. The Garden State Parkway (toll road), the Atlantic City Expressway (toll road), every bridge/tunnel into NYC or Philadelphia (toll road). Anyone who travels on these tolls roads everyday would be stupid not to have EZ-Pass as you obtain frequent user discounts. For those people not burdened by frequent toll roads, I guess there is no need for EZ-Pass. But even then, those infrequent users would have no reason to be carrying nickels in their cars to pay the tolls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 904977, member: 15309"]Just because the machines take dimes and nickels doesn't mean people are still paying with them. I don't know who your friends are in NYC but everyone I know who lives there buys month metro cards, not fare by fare with nickels which would require a whole roll anyway. I am sure that the cost of living is much higher where I live, but no parking meters around here accept less than quarters and every toll is $1 or more. Regarding EZ-Pass, it is not one EZ Pass lane. It is one EZ-Pass only lane. An EZ-Pass holder can go through any lane in a toll plaza, not just the EZ-Pass only lane. The EZ-Pass thing is also related to where you live. In New Jersey, you really can't go anywhere without paying a toll. The Garden State Parkway (toll road), the Atlantic City Expressway (toll road), every bridge/tunnel into NYC or Philadelphia (toll road). Anyone who travels on these tolls roads everyday would be stupid not to have EZ-Pass as you obtain frequent user discounts. For those people not burdened by frequent toll roads, I guess there is no need for EZ-Pass. But even then, those infrequent users would have no reason to be carrying nickels in their cars to pay the tolls.[/QUOTE]
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