| Re: [GMCnet] Tolls & Axle was Hensley GMC Motorhome Airbag [message #118451 is a reply to message #118395] |
Fri, 11 March 2011 14:57   |
Gary Casey
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Registered: September 2009
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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.
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Thanks,
Jeremy Knezek
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