I just got myself a FastPass, and I love the fucking thing. I don't know why I didn't get one years ago. So, on the one hand, I think it's great that there may come a day when I don't have to deal with toll booths at all. On the other hand, there's a raving conspiracy nerd in the back of my head that's convinced the Man is going to put a bullet in the back of his head any day now, and he says that "open road" tolling will make it easier for the gov'mint to track me down when that day comes. I'd be all on board this if there were a way to opt out and get a private non-traceable transponder if one so chose.
Instead of fumbling for change or navigating through special lanes in transponder-equipped cars, drivers may soon have to do little more than cruise on and off highways passing under a metal beam spanning the entire width of the road.
At the end of the month they'd receive a bill, much like any other utility bill. Except this bill would log each time they entered or exited a highway system, how far they traveled and how much they owed.
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Also, it's been shown that people are willing to pay more if they're using a transcoder rather than actual money. So this is another way to suck more money out of us. (Of course, we've already opted into the whole transcoder thing, so we can't complain much.)
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