Golden Gate Bridge tolls broadside tourists who rent cars

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-tolls-broadside-tourists-who-6304954.php

Commuters may grow weary of making the beautiful drive across the Golden Gate Bridge every workday, but for many visitors to San Francisco, crossing one of the world’s most famous bridges in a car is a must-do experience.

The thrill of rolling beneath the soaring international orange towers in a rental car, however, has grown more confusing — and often more costly — with the end of toll collectors, the advent of all-electronic tolling and the signs warning drivers not to stop at the toll booths....

Rental agencies have their own plans, offered to consumers when they rent a car. But because each company has a single plan, renters have no choice. Some levy a daily fee — ranging from $2.95 to $6.95 a day, with a weekly or monthly maximum — plus the cost of the tolls. Others use an all-inclusive plan charging $9.95 a day, with a maximum of $39.95 a week.

Some companies charge the fee for each day of the rental — whether or not a bridge is crossed — while others charge only on days the toll pass is used. Still other plans start daily charges after the pass is used once. Plans also have different procedures for opting into the plan with some requiring renters to open a box containing a transponder, some being turned on at the rental counter and others being activated automatically.

[olddots]

1. for 15 dollars a day you can jump off the bridge

Its a bargin .

[randys1]

2. I hear they are putting up a $70 million dollar net under the bridge for suicides.

As to this topic, where I live the speed limit has gone from 35 to 30 on a street that if anywhere else in the country the speed limit would be 40.

I dont know if it saves in fuel, I suppose it does.

But it is annoying

[Wilms]

6. Lower speed limits save pedestrian lives.

That has influenced speed limit reductions in NYC.

[randys1]

7. But to 30 on a 3 lane, one way road with no stop signs or lights for miles?

I am all for saving lives and fuel, but I think this one is dumb.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. We avoided the bridge altogether last year

We had a rental car and nobody knew what was what, so we skipped going over it.

It seems stupid that you can't go an just pay cash.

[upaloopa]

4. On a toll toad to San Diego if you drive without paying the

toll you have 48 hours to pay it on line.

[KamaAina]

5. Or at least swipe a debit or credit card