| Re: [GMCnet] Tolls & Axle was Hensley GMC Motorhome Airbag Solution [message #118406 is a reply to message #118395] |
Fri, 11 March 2011 08:50   |
jknezek
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Registered: December 2007
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Rob -- it depends on the state's legal definition of axles. For example, if you use a definition of axles as transverse wheels mechanically connected, then the GMC only has 1. If you use a different definition, for example any pair of transverse wheels, then the GMC has 3. If you define axle as a shaft on which a wheel rotates, then a GMC has 5 (the drive wheels are on the same shaft, which is the key to the definition). You'd have to sort out the legal definitions for each state, but I believe FL, at least when I bought my GMC, used the first definition, transverse wheels mechancially connected. That would lead to a much lower toll. It's also the reason why motorcycles are mentioned as a separate legal category despite being charged the same as a car, no transverse wheels = no axles = no tolls.
I figured it was worth arguing at 1 tollbooth and I lost. I have since stopped bothering. I use the roads, I shouldn't mind paying for them. Or at least that's what I tell myself. Luckily AL does not create the same problem. Haven't found a toll road in the entire state yet.
Thanks,
Jeremy Knezek
1976 Glenbrook
Birmingham, AL
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