----- Original Message ----
> From: Tracy Reed <tr...@ultraviolet.org>
> To: discuss@lopsa.org
> Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 10:20:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:06:24PM -0800, Dave Close spake thusly:
> > That scenario hardly needs advanced technology. I recall that 40 years
> > ago both Pennsylvania and Oklahoma used a turnpike system where you
> > were given a ticket at the on-ramp and then paid at your offramp based
> > on the combination of on- and off-ramps. (Much more efficient and fair
>
> I remember as a kid taking the turnpike through Oklahoma. We were
> given this neat punchcard at the booth on the on-ramp which was read
> and fee calculated at the off-ramp. And that would have been in the
> early 80's.
The Florida Turnpike and the Indiana Toll Road (I-80) still use a similar
ticket system for large stretches of their system. Apparently the ticket system
is less optimal when people use it for short stretches (e.g., 1-3 exits).
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