| Re: [GMCnet] Tolls & Axle was Hensley GMC Motorhome Airbag [message #118471 is a reply to message #118451] |
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hnielsen2
Messages: 1434
Registered: February 2004
Location: Alpine CA
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Come on!
Enought is enought.
Give it a rest.
Thank You
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Casey" <casey.gary@yahoo.com>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Tolls & Axle was Hensley GMC Motorhome Airbag
>I read the legal definition used on E-470 in Denver - it said something to
>the
> effect that the "number of axles" is the "number of wheels seen when
> looking at
> the vehicle from the side." Not a good way to argue out of that one.
> They must
> know all about GM Motorhomes and the cheapskates that drive them :-(
> Gary Casey
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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