How do they work out Tolls?

Hi John

What was the traffic flow like going through the Toll Booths,?
was it like the Brisbane Gateway Arterial traffic jam we all have to grind through.

There are NO toll booths. It's fully automatic so traffic flow was excellent. We went along it at midday and no holdups whatsoever.
The toll booths on the Gateway are being removed next year so traffic flow should improve tremendously.

I broke a Windscreen in my work vehicle a few weeks back, and
when Windscreens O- Brine replaced it they left the Etoll Transponder in the glove box, I didnt give it a second thought until
I got a letter from Etoll with a $28-00 account for the paperwork
re sending us a please explain for not stopping at the Toll Way,
and the mention of a Penalty, I phoned them and sorted it out
they were very good about it, and also sent us a new wind screen
Trandsponder Bracket.

PS if you need new windscreen brackets, car or truck, we have them in the booths.

Jo, I have travelled that route quite a bit, and have found that the toll booth attendants are usually quite cheerful. A couple of them stand out as being exceptionally so, and I'd guess one of them could be you.
Not a job that I'd like at all, especially in the early hours of the morning.

Yeh I would be one of them! I am always on the look out for EO stickers and wheel covers, but none! ok except for Cinta (Andrews's wife, can't say I have seen Andrew around here lately though)....

Jo, I'm easy to spot. I'm the "grumpy" looking old guy in the white 80 series with a HF aerial and an EO sticker on the back.
Having a cheerful soul at the tollbooth can often make the trip much less stressful I suspect. I'll keep an eye out for the most cheerful of the cheerful :))

That doesn't help me Footy!!!!!
You know how many bloody vehicles I serve in one day!!!!!

Yep, all those vehicles that I follow along tht road !
I looked in your profile and guess what? I think I remember you. I'll ask next time I'm up there. So you'll probably get told "hey there was a old guy asking after you" . Don't be alarmed LOL

At least I'll know that you are a legit asking after customer!! unlike many of the other shonkers!

Shonky eh ? Sounds like it's all happening on the toll booths LOL
I have no idea about shonky types there...and come to think of it I don't think I want to know LOL

Shonky doesn't describe the half of it!
Mate if you guys on the road could spend one shift inside the booth you will get everything from, good pick up lines, corny pick up lines, really bad pick up lines, abuse, niceties, roses, chocolates, presents, phone numbers, spat at, visuals of everything from the cross dressers, the mistresses (one regular who really is a lovely girl), the flashers and the wankers... (literally!!)

Jo, thanks for that. I am in stitches here. Going through a toll booth will never be the same.
No wonder you don't remember me, as I don't fit into any of those categories LOL
Dammit, I don't even have a mistress...but I do know a tranny, nice bloke/woman actually...now there's a person who's hard to forget. I've seen staff at the truckstop go out the back, rolling with laughter at the sight. These days he/she knos better than to arrive to have tea with me with a dress and makeup on.
Sounds like you've met many of the same users, losers and abusers that I have had the misfortune to also meet.

Oh no that is just the list of EO members I have seen, there is one of the general public in that!!!!!!!

There is None (typo) of the general public in that!

Oops...suddenly realized that my writing could be construed that way...even if I didn't mean it. I was referring to the great unwashed. Particularly those who are headliners at times. Which seems to be around 90% of the population of the Coast !

I shall be true, that is all of the general public, including EO members!!!!!!!! (It's ok Lucy and Des.. I won't mention your names!)

For a dynamic calculator go to the home page http://www.westlinkm7.com.au/ nd click on the "Toll & Trip Calculator" tab in the top LH corner of the page. It displays a map and you can see the exits & entrances - handy if you dont know the names of the roads.

PeterD

That would never happen

All the best
Eric

Do you think I would put up with the bad crap and chite for $12 bucks an hour!!!!!!!!

Do you work on the toll boths.

All the best
Eric

Yep. Read my above posts.

Davoe,
I used to have the same attitude as you about tolls but now have been turned around as to thier advantages.
As the M7 road (and I presume the others in oz) is owned by others, not the government (Yet) and was not funded by the government the owners need to recoup thier costs as well as a very healthy profit.
So tolls are put on the roads so as to make it fair to the rest of the population who do not use the road.
The Tolls will be removed once the contract is over but until then it is only the people who use the road pays for the road.
Seems pretty fair to me to pay tolls. I don't really think it is fair that a road that would need to be fedrally funded (M7 cost at least 1.5 billion) be paid for by people who would not ever use it, example people in NT, WA or Tas.
I am glad my taxes are not paying for melbournes, brisbanes or sydneys roads.

theres plenty of roads around the country/state I dont use as well as railways and the list gos on, My taxes go towards their building and maintenance etc. I just cant get my head around getting billed so much just to use the freeway

Yes I agree there are plenty of government funded roads in Australia that do not have tolls... and we all do not use.
The M7 is not owned by the government, it and the others in Sydney are owned by a chinese company I think.
Yes some tolls in Sydney I do not agree with but they are there and I can not do anything about them except avoid them.
The M7 is charged out at a per km rate and I am happy to pay the toll as the alternative is 43 sets of traffic lights and a minimum of an extra 25 mins traveling time.