Turnpikes and Tolls: What if all major roads were private?

tomscott.com - / tomscott - The idea of a "public road network" is a relatively modern one. After all, the US Interstate System was only finished in 1991, and UK motorways aren't that much older. What if history had taken a different turn? Let's talk about turnpikes, toll roads, and perhaps even zeppelins.
THANKS TO:
IanVisits for tipping me off to the tollbooth and scanning this map: www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2010/...
The National Archives for scanning several old maps and images, and for information about the Rebecca Riots and turnpikes: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ed...

[@RainaRamsay]

"There are always zeppelins in alternate realities" LOL

[@Red_wine]

There are also cybermen....

[@jurgenkoks9142]

+Raina Ramsay thinking of fringe

[@williambrennan104]

+Raina Ramsay Well, yeah, they're a better approach. Our world is the anomaly.

[@williambrennan104]

I got sucked (literally) into Quinn Mallory's adventure when he came through here.

[@gwenynorisu6883]

It's true, though. +William Brennan ... I understood that reference.

[@razielhamalakh9813]

Tom: "Where'd we be if all the roads were still private? If every major route had a toll?" Me: Well, I reckon, that'd be major inconvenience. Tom: "Well, actually, we would be in France" Me: Wat.

[@satibel]

welcome to France, where you can't drive DIY/kit cars unless you have half a million laying around and half of the major roads have tolls.

[@shingshongshamalama]

France also has a disgustingly good rail network and state-run trains with way cheaper fares than the garbage in this country. So I mean there's that.

[@ShootTheGerbille]

Yeah but don't try to get a train in france in the next 3 mounth, they're on strike xD (and always late ^^)

[@greatwolf5372]

shingshongshamalama That goes on strike every other day.

[@netking66]

The major roading network will probably transition to 'user pays' with different rates for different times with the advent of modern technology. At present fuel taxes provide for roading upkeep at least for light vehicles but is a rather blunt instrument.

[@adamweinberg2532]

Great Quotes From History: "There are always zeppelins in alternate realities." -Tom Scott

[@jasonthejazzman8521]

Is that the REAL Tom Scott though? Or is it his alternate reality doppelganger?

[@notbobby125]

Today I learned France exists in a bizzarro Zeppelin universe.

[@__sno__3820]

notbobby125 France isn't real

[@Milkythefawn]

Jojo?

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

@@Milkythefawnджоджо

[@adre2194]

the zeppelin at the end is a nice touch

[@sbanner428]

That last shot was genuinely astonishing, good work and timing

[@Mikej1592]

By the way, there is a turn pike in Pittsburgh where I grew up, they said it would stop being a toll road once it was paid for. That was paid for decades ago, yet it odd still one of the most expensive toll roads I've ever been on

[@totirocks3]

In Chile, highways are leased to private companies for a certain amount of years. There are many electronic toll roads mainly in the capital (Santiago). People get upset when they rise up the prices but at least we have highways and freeways which are quite modern and well maintained.

[@lth5015]

I feel like everyone missed the "toll collected by a private company" part of this video. PA turnpike, NJ turnpike and NYC bridges are not owned by private companies, people. And I can't speak for the UK comments but Tom did mention that congestion charge is collected by the local authority, not a private company.

[@HOWYOUDOIN884]

What do you mean? In Texas, it's not owned by the government. If it were, the website would be NTTA.gov and not NTTA.org

[@celluskh6009]

"Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transportation Code, the NTTA..." "The NTTA is governed by a nine-member board of directors, two appointed by each of the four counties in its service area, and one appointed by the Texas Governor."

[@HOWYOUDOIN884]

Cellus KH But 9 wrongs don't make a right. Plus, the NTTA website makes it soooo friggin difficult to figure out what bills you owe. They practically send you a separate invoice for every mile you drive, each with different invoice #'s. I'm not the sharpest lightbulb in the jungle, but they are over-the-top with complexity.

[@decidiousrex]

@mPky1 You're a douchebag

[@sethblack1634]

Meanwhile in Ontario, the 407 ETR is a private corporation that runs an extortion racket of a Toll highway because a Tory government decided to sell everything that wasn’t nailed down.

[@ethanlamoureux5306]

_“The idea of a "public road network" is a relatively modern one.”_ Wait a minute! What about the Roman road network?

[@amiscellaneoushuman3516]

The Roman road network was for the use of the army not the general public. Besides given how Western civilisation collapsed at the fall of the Roman empire it doesn't really count. P.S sorry for the late reply

[@captain61games49]

@@amiscellaneoushuman3516 you had a very late reply but im glad you did and I watched this after you

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

A miscellaneous Human that’s demonstrably false. The road network might have been built by the army for its own use but civilians traveled upon them regularly and there were laws establishing what kind of travel was allowed (foot, carriage) and how wide the roads had to be.

[@amiscellaneoushuman3516]

@@BoxStudioExecutive perhaps I wasn't clear enough in what I meant, the roman road network was INTENDED for the primary use of the army, yes civilians also used it but the army took priority. This is in contrast with our modern system wherein the road network is built with the primary INTENTION of being used by the public.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@amiscellaneoushuman3516 So what? In both systems, the government builds and maintains the road, and the public benefits. That makes the road a public good. The intent behind the road is irrelevant. Also, it's not like if a modern military needed to use the roads/railways/airways they wouldn't have priority over civilian use.

[@joedoherty1062]

There are always zeppelins in alternate realities. Fringe and Doctor Who both cane to mind immediately

[@xxxenricop]

Another country with privately owned motorways is Italy. On the plus side they are very well built and maintained, have plenty of illumination rather than Cats Eyes, and there is a great deal more of them :-).

[@XavierXonora]

In Melbourne Australia we have toll roads, but there's only really one and it's a massive road that stretches from the city down around the bay, called Eastlink. There are others but not as big.

[@Larry]

You could say this is what happened to the railways after the government ended British Rail. But, knowing the UK, they'd issue some kind of Oyster card issued by a third party that took care of all companies and you'd pay them, and they would take a cut. That or some bloody annoying Congestion zone camera where you pay online.

[@PeterBarnes2]

You, sir, have connected Ashens and Tom Scott. I think all of KZbin is connected now. Direwolf20 and singingbanana can be linked by looking through mentions, comments, and appearances of various youtubers.

[@Larry]

Nillie They just go by your license plate here, computer cams pick up your number and if you don't pay within 48 hours, you'll get a nice fine through the post.

[@tibsie]

Or... you could pay an annual fee to be able to use all the roads in the country as much as you like. Oh we already do that!!

[@tibsie]

Yes, it's a Duty rather than a Tax, whose value is based on emissions. We pay it for the right to use the roads so it acts a bit like a country wide toll system. Some users don't have to pay but still need to apply for it like everyone else.

[@kirschitz64]

@@ragnkja sort of in the U.S. EZPass handles most tolls on the east cost, save for Florida which is working on incorporating it into its system. While other states have their own systems, like Kansas with K-TAG and California has FasTrak.

[@jm56z43]

The French Autoroutes are not exactly possessed by private companies, they are concessions made by the government to these companies. Therefore the toll fares are controlled, and the quality of the asphalt too. Despite going 130 km/h (+/- 80 mph) on these motorways constantly, there are very few accidents.

[@tomkandy]

France's road accident death rate is about 60% higher than the UK's. Higher than Germany's too, despite the autobahns having no speed limits

[@wta1518]

@@tomkandy Is that despite or because of?

[@KuroOnehalf]

Just quickly dropping a message that I really like these videos of yours. You always manage to digest and then relay the information in a super comprehensive manner.

[@Gleanix]

You speak with such grace and fluidity. I really appreciate how well you know the information before making a video.

[@AraliciaMoran]

A small (late) note : in France, while about 75% of our autoroutes have a péage (toll), the issue is not to the level of what was described for old london. Autoroutes are most of our high speed roads (130km/h speed limit), but are only a small part or the total road network, and any point you can reach with an autoroute, you can reach without (although at a reduced speed : between 80 and 110km/h depending of the road and weather). In addition, companies own large portions of the autoroutes, which means tolls are few. For example, the "Autoroute du Soleil" is the combinaison of A6 and A7 road, and go from Paris to Marseilles. Along this road, there is only 2 toll, one for Paris-Lyon and the other for Lyon-Marseille. All in all, you have to pay a toll pretty much only if you are on holidays, or if your job requires you to move around a lot.

[@PrometheusGhostRider]

Dreading the day when Tom Scott stops making videos. It’s a constant in a crazy world and most definitely a comfort

[@brianartillery]

I'm really enjoying your videos - you really dig into some interesting and varied subjects. Make a hell of an interesting TV show...

[@joeking3181]

How’d you time that so perfectly with the zeppelin?!

[@onnozweers]

Is the zeppelin real at all, or is it CGI?

[@SodAlmighty]

@@onnozweers Dumb question.

[@onnozweers]

@@SodAlmighty The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask.

[@LouisHong97]

I love your videos so much, they're very informative plus they are really well narrated. *I bet even if you made an episode about a cardboard boxes it would be interesting.*

[@bananya6020]

but cardboard is like, legitimately interesting.

[@paxxverse]

that ending was hilarious! keep up the good work

[@bobdefalco]

As always, informative and awesome!

[@steve1978ger]

I read "Turnpikes and Trolls", and that's just what it would be like.

[@ConradW]

Some really good timing there to catch the Zeppelin in the shot. Funny how we didn't hear it before we saw it though... even though we could hear the cars

[@WyrdNexus_]

France's system makes all major highways private, and awesome. The tolls aren't exorbitant. There are always alternate, albeit much slower, alternative routes. The toll highways are covered with v convenient pull-offs that always have a nice picnic area, gas, amenities, and food service. I'd vote for that system any day.

[@mikester228]

You are just so good, man. You need a TV show!

[@JonatasAdoM]

I once saw or traveled through a road that had so many toll gates that I wondered how it was even a thing! One after another, it was bizarre

[@louis058]

Nicely done

[@NoPlaceForTheDead]

Nice touch on the outro.

[@ComandanteJ]

Zeppelins are cool. Toll gates arent.

[@chrisbernardes5066]

+ComandanteJ You know what I like about Toll roads. Traffic is usually better on them.

[@callummunro7380]

+Chris Bernardes not if all of them were. People would be forced to use them. However, it would undoubtedly mean more people walked, cycled, and use alternatives to driving to avoid them.

[@waswestkan]

He never said there no toll roads, only that Private toll roads are thing of the past.

[@ZNotFound]

The Zeppelins was a Doctor Who reference. Hands up to those who get it.

[@TheMijman]

Not really a Dr Who reference, zeppelins are just used in the same trope.

[@mistaecco]

Here in the US, I'm so used to turnpike toll roads, I never really thought about this! Thanks for the video Tom!

[@neeneko]

In the US though, at least currently, they are fairly rare and alternative routes exist. So you can pay a toll for a faster transit or take public highways for longer trip.

[@mistaecco]

Yeah, I primarily use them whenever I'm going on a trip of some sort. Shortens the drive by several hours for a comparatively negligible price. I do know a few people who have to travel for work a lot that have "EZ Pass" devices, which are more or less huge RFID things that automatically deduct your fee as you drive through the toll gate. (Just sorta wanted to talk about RFID stuff, I'm sure you already knew. Love rfid!)

[@Americanbadashh]

The zeppelin at the end was perfect

[@joncalon7508]

The 407 highway in the Greater Toronto area in Ontario, Canada is a privately owned Toll Road. Built by the Ontario Government, and then sold (for a song), always as a toll road, the route is almost always much faster to drive than the competing (and free) 401 highway due to the congestion on the 401, it proves that when you charge people to drive on it, more people will opt to not drive on it unless they value their time.

[@drinkupmeheartysyoho]

My brain thinking "theres always zeppelin's in alternate realities" Tom "theres always zeppelin's in alternate realities" Me 😳

[@KaX321]

You would be living in Chile as well.

[@Coen80]

@Tom Scott : You have a very interesting channel, with a broad variety of subjects. And you make interesting talks out of seemingly boring topic. three hurrahs for that! P.s. I like your interest in The Netherlands.. it is a returning topic i noticed.. the Dutch and their quirks. ;)

[@SonariNeiracchen]

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! And one more from me. Hurrah!

[@abcvideoyoutuization]

Austin, and Dallas Texas is currently undergoing transformation into toll roads. They are doing in small section using very carefully crafted language to make sound all reasonable. Texas was once know for it high quality roads, that were for the most part free. The toll roads that did come into being had a life span, once the bonds were payed off, the roads became free.

[@FennecTECH]

i love that doctor who reference

[@datfisheboi6519]

Not just Doctor Who

[@mattbuck4950]

I was thinking Fringe.

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

I think it's referencing the Northern lights

[@ThreadBomb]

It's a steampunk thing.

[@guitaraflamenco]

Very interesting! nice video

[@CovertEuphoria]

That's just down the road from me! Good video.

[@Nickgowans]

trollgates

[@Maxime_K-G]

Best comment 👍👍

[@ShaunMcDonald]

When I lived in London, I used to cycle along that road every day to/from work.

[@nightw4tchman]

0:30 yay my home town is on a Tom Scott video!

[@nosuchthing8]

Great vid as always and great observation about Zeps. Another, more important alternative: the letter z being pronounced zee not zed.

[@SapphireCrook]

I've actually been to France and seen these toll roads. They're nothing too bad, actually. I'm certain they're quite profitable in Summer, when all the Dutch population migrates south to consume French cuisine and skuttle away from the dank sea heat.

[@HackThePlanetNow]

Absolute perfect ending.

[@AAAyyyGGG]

There's a very nice toll bridge over the River Thames in Oxfordshire; I always enjoy going over it as it only costs 5p! You can't get much for 5p these days! 😉

[@nedyahyakcam]

A lot of south african motorways are owned and maintained by private companies, with the rule that there has to be an alternative route, generally at lower speeds, narrower and longer distance. Driving between durban and Johannesburg costs about £30 in tolls for about 500km of road.

[@JosKampes]

Don't forget the turnpike trust crossroads in Wales Tom? 😛

[@jimkats1]

Here in Greece, tolls exist only on motor ways and most major national roads. All run by private companies, the ones that built and maintain those roads. Oh, also tolls on the Rio-Antirio bridge.

[@britamericaball2505]

Also in the Philippines, but it is the other way around on the toll roads or Britain, toll roads on the Philippines used to be government owned, and now, it is owned just by two company: Metro Pacific Tollways (its mother company also owns telecom, and operate Manila LRT 1, mostly on expressway north of Metro Manila and in second largest city of Cebu) and San Miguel Corporations (famous for its beer, but is a big conglomerate that is developing a mega airport, which controls most expressway in the South of Metro Manila)

[@TilmanBaumann]

There are always Zeppelins in alternative realities

[@Naeddyr]

Ooooh that ending. Slick.

[@ZeZapatiste]

Tolls in France are a proper extorsion. Fees are way overcharged (in average about 10 eurocents per kilometer in the Alps where I live, often more), the companies reduced drastically their costs by automating most of the tolls (laying off lots of people and by very low means, I was working there as a student until right before they did it). In theory their turnover has an upper limit but it doesn't take into account investments, so as they usually greatly exceed it they start roadworks that are absolutely not necessary. Taking into account than most freeway owners are also construction industry giants (Eiffage, Vinci...), they keep it in the family. And governments let it slide (even if they pretend to fight the fees) because they get a decent amount of taxes from it. At the time when I was working there, each company was allowed to raise their overall tariffs 2% each year, but they raised it about 10% for the most frequented travels (meaning the one taken by most tourists) and stayed put for local servicing. In practice, sometimes a 10km difference could have a 3 or 4 euros price difference. You also have to consider that most Routes Nationales (maintained at the country level), the traditional city to city roads, were transfered under local (departement) juridiction, which means they don't have enough budget to maintain and expend them properly, thus forcing more and more people to take highways.

[@DannyStaple]

More Zeppelins please!

[@seejayep4258]

My cousin who lives in Surrey went for a vacation here in the Philippines and she was surprised by the number of tolls here.

[@michaelsheridan215]

i like that end shot lol

[@LordAmeth]

As you mention briefly in this video, it's quite standard in the US to have to pay tolls. (Nearly?) every bridge or tunnel in and out of New York City, for example, charges a toll. These are paid either to the NYC Dept of Transportation (an arm of government), or to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (who also run the subways & buses), a public-benefit corporation, whatever the hell that means. So, I'm curious, are there really no toll roads, no toll bridges, in the whole of the UK? Pardon my ignorance - as an American, it just seems so normal to me...

[@wta1518]

Just reminding you 8 years later that Tom was talking about tolls that are paid to a private corporation, not the government.

[@silverXnoise]

I love your quick and snappy brand of infotainment here, but for us yanks and other folks not bordering France, a little rundown of how the system actually works in France would have been cool. I still don't really know the answer to the question posed in the title. You've at least given me the info needed to look it up, so I'll be in the Google zeppelin for the next little bit...

[@silverXnoise]

Thanks for the info! You're a credit to the youtube comments section. I just find it odd that I live in the US where the term "socialized" is considered pejorative and everything from healthcare to prisons are privatized, yet our roads are firmly within the domain of government responsibility. Quite a contrast from what I perceive as a socially progressive place like France where this is still fairly common.

[@silverXnoise]

I suppose we also have an American culture of the freedom of open roads, with cheap cars and cheaper fuel for everyone, and an essentially non-existent passenger rail system.

[@XandrowA]

No problem, context isn't always easy to find :) As for "socialism", I actually learned very recently that it is understood in the US as what we negatively refer to as "communism" here, that made me chuckle. I'm not that much into politics or economics so I couldn't speak on the privatization aspects, especially at a time where the Postal Service is (or will/may be?) privatized whilst the government would like to take back the roads. Trains are nice but the US are huge, like France is smaller than Texas. I understand why it is easier to have planes to travel across the country. But yeah, maybe a high-speed train on the east coast could work, where there are no mountains and many cities close from one another. Yes you may be "free" when driving in your vehicle, but God must that be harsh to travel across states in a car.

[@TheRatedOniChannel]

The Zeppelin at the end is what sells the video

[@iDEaXANA]

I'm in great need of a citation needed episode.

[@StukInBuf]

IINM, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel in Virginia is run privately.

[@DrToonhattan]

That old map at 0:30 just has a big empty spot where my town should be. lol.

[@ThisIsARubbishName]

> Always Zeppelin's in alternate reality Magic Zeppelin! This was awesome, and I loved the singing in The Brett Domino Annual Charity Single For Comic Relief.

[@johnhowe50]

All you need to do Tom is travel from England to Wales via the two Severn Bridges where exorbitant tolls are extracted to enter my own country.

[@MAlanThomasII]

I would like to point out that a fair number of the toll roads in the U.S. are operated by private companies under contract. They pay a lump sum upfront for the right-sometimes the money needed to construct the road or bridge or to do major repairs on it-and in return they get to collect the tolls for a fixed number of years in the expectation that they'll make more via tolls than they paid for the privilege.

[@OriginalPiMan]

Several of Melbourne's major motorways are tolled, and all of these (as well as nearly every other tollway in the country) are administered by one private company with some very generous government contracts.

[@eastcorkcheeses6448]

Or in Argentina, even relatively small roads in the country are tolled , a trip from the airport to the city centre will have 2 or 3 tolls to pay ..

[@deathab0ve]

Here in the U.S being a toll collector can be a great job. All Government benefits and great pay. My uncle is 40 and retired with great cash flow coming in. He is married with children and still no drain on money. I was also told that job saved his life once. Apparently people miss the toll booth a lot with their change and every end of shift my uncle picked up the change. When he had enough in his back pack, he brought it home. ! day on his motorcycle he was hit. He landed on his back and slid several feet. Luckily he had a backpack with a good amount of change in it. came out fine.

[@TiagoSilveira]

In Brazil, we're moving from government-maintained to leased motorways. Companies compete for the right to charge the tolls and maintain the road. Leases usually last for 10 years or so. Because of all the corruption involved it's hard to tell whether it's a good model in practice, but it is good on paper, at least.

[@EduardoFerreira-fq1ml]

We have already moved from govern-maintained to govern-builds-private-sectors-cut-the-grass model. And that happened more than 20 years ago. It is bad on paper, and ridiculous in reality: www.emsampa.com.br/page12.htm

[@TiagoSilveira]

This is São Paulo, but it's still happening elsewhere in the country. They just leased one here close to Brasilia.

[@gugario]

You can argue all you want about which model is better, but driving in Rio highways in the 90s and driving on them now is night and day. You no longer have to worry so much about potholes, and people are scared enough of getting fines that they are finally slowing down to reasonable speeds.

[@popopop984]

@@gugarioIt’s been 30 years, attributing that success to the private model doesn’t make sense. There’s an incredible number of reasons for improvements, none of which have to be about “private companies”

[@tomkenning5482]

That map had my home town on it

[@jpcost]

"Always zeppelins in alternate realities" Cue "Doctor Who" intro

[@Askjerry]

1:59 Nice!

[@enriquegarciagarcia1184]

In Spain there are also a lot of private motorways. The Spanish government has a rule, that said that if there is any other option but public, the other motorway will be private, but in some places, as in Galicia, he have only a private motorway, with no option of going in a public one, so it is very unfair.

[@davidflores909]

The sound in the end of the video is the same that I hear in my (old) headphones when they pick up static, usually when I stand up from my chair. Just some random comment haha.

[@sahasrahla1015]

Well...not all of france has toll roads. The region of Brittany has no toll roads at all, because back in the 60s, the french government thought that Brittany would never need highways (most major highways are toll roads here) because of how "isolated" Brittany is, so no highways were going to be constructed. We do have highways as of now, but they'll always be free.

[@iwavns]

In Singapore they have electronic toll gantries pretty much everywhere in the whole island, called ERP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Road_Pricing

[@IzzoIzza99]

I go to dulwich college, didn't know it was the only toll gate in london

[@Nosmo90]

1:49: I see you, Tom! xD

[@AidanRatnage]

at 1:54, yes because all alternate realities are steampunk-themed.

[@vitorvilasanchez]

Here in Brazil Public Highways are kept in poor conditions by private companies which charge high prices.

[@JulieWallis1963]

Tom, is all the stuff you tell me stuff you know and share or do you have to research each video? I love learning the interesting stuff you share, it's like QI on tap for me.

[@diarmuid858]

In Ireland the motorways are mostly public private run, so the government lets a private company develop and maintain the road, and they can charge a toll of about 1.00 or 1.30 so it isn’t too expensive

[@ihategoogle2382]

I hope that was a Fringe reference :)

[@JacobFelten]

Me too!

[@KYRM09]

It better be

[@geekymarianne]

Ihategoogle+ This is red universe Tom. The barrier between universes becoming weaker caused his video to be uploaded to blue universe KZbin by accident, so this video is itself a fringe event.

[@JacobFelten]

Diamond Song That seems like a MASSIVE stretch. I don't think all the DYNAMICs of your theory work out.

[@geekymarianne]

Jacob Felten Perhaps the solution to understanding my theory is to take some very high doses of homemade LSD :D

[@shoopoopie1]

this guy is awesome not like that one bald guy that yells random facts he fines on the internet this guys is professional and knows what he's talking about

[@frollard]

As an 3-automobile-2-person household I appreciate that we have government paying for the roads so everyone has access...because when I need an ambulance or fire truck to my house, they are going to drive on the road in front of my house. It would be nice to see user-pay systems where those of us who are truly abusing the environment pay proportionally more than those who travel less by telecommuting or simply living closer to work.

[@benjaminmerino1644]

In chile roads are private and you have to pay toll even on urban motoways, even though that it's collected by a tag that the road cameras detect and then you get a bill of all trips you made

[@Frommerman]

"There are always zeppelins in alternate realities." #Truefacts

[@jaykay4137]

1:40 shots fired

[@StephenMortimer]

Come across ... your "cousins" of "new" Jersey have a tolled turnpike !!

[@OldUKAds]

Ooh Fringe reference! :D

[@fortgaming9058]

Roads are subsidized by the government. The most fiscally responsible method of transport is electrified trains as well as just god ol fashion walking/biking

[@SlykeThePhoxenix]

Was that a His Dark Materials/Fringe reference with the zeppelins?

[@spaggs111]

You mentioned private roads are government approved monopolies over a geographical area. If the government gets to approve who has a monopoly control of a road, or anything for that matter, how is that really private? Isn't it through the power of the state that such institutions maintain control of the population?

[@I-Love-Taylor-Swift]

I live very near the M6 Toll

[@kenny_boii]

Sounds like the South of Spain. On a motorbike ride to Gibraltar a toll booth every 5 miles on the coast. However I disagree with the French thing. The A routes and the N routes (non Piage) are really really good and almost as fast.

[@kenny_boii]

The9thMan99 Yeah and I managed to hit both of them as I was doing a coastal tour of Spain.

[@alifaan595]

In Malaysia, almost all highways are tolled.

[@DeshierArchitecte]

Sounds like a good idea to me. Modern toll roads could use cameras to collect your license information and bill you later.