Comments on: Meet The Biggest Toll Scofflaws in Your ZIP Code

By: truedallas

truedallas — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:43:54 +0000

Truedallas- shut up.

By: sickofgreed

sickofgreed — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:13:34 +0000

@joeat/johnny c/… We are paying taxes on the tollroads and we’re paying fees to drive on those same roads we pay taxes on… GREED! Before these roads were tollroads they were free… We pay outrageous pricing for gas and now we have to pay even to drive to work and it’s amazing how idiotic some people are to believe that this makes good sense! I’m sure if there were alternate routes to take for those living off tollroads they would not do it… NTTA is the real Thieves… GREED!

By: E

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:00:21 +0000

@truedallas … where in the heck did that comment come from? Everyone was just commenting about toll road fines! Do you actually know anyone from the Park Cities?

By: truedallasresident

truedallasresident — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:47:37 +0000

I just love how park cities people think they are so much better than everyone else in Dallas. You have money, big freaking deal..Having money in no way makes you special or gives you freewill to act like a jerk.

By: Avid Reader

Avid Reader — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:44:26 +0000

@MGBHStar,
It is your money and you have every right to do whatever you want with it. Even in rush hour traffic there is zero chance it “saves 10 minutes” to get from Lovers Mockingbird. For that to even be possible taking Douglas or Preston would have to take 10 minutes in the first place, which it does not unless you get stuck behind a cycler who thinks they are a car. If you can’t handle the 3-7 minutes of driving on Preston or Douglas…Lomo Alto and Armstrong have 1 light and are never packed.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:27:51 +0000

Clearly the NTTA needs to be dismantled and the roads turned over to TxDot for maintenance. The NTTA is just bilking people out of money so they can line the pockets of friends in the construction industry (and probably themselves)… There must be tons of kickbacks going on over at the NTTA.

I do my best to use the toll roads as little as possible and I hope you all do the same.

By: Todd P

Todd P — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:23:10 +0000

The lights are not synchronized on Preston and Douglas as a deterrent to both speeding and traffic. HP and UP would rather you take the tollroad.
I drive from Lover’s to Mockingbird all the time and vice versa. I try to do it in my superfast BMW and see if can get to 100mph and then coast to the exit before hitting 60mph.

By: MGBHStar

MGBHStar — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:21:50 +0000

It’s your responsibility to let the NTTA know when you get a new license plate or new car. You can do it on their website or call them directly. Ignorance is not a valid excuse. If you have more than 100 unpaid tolls, any penalty they assess is worth it.
@Avid Reader – I take the DNT from Lovers to Mockingbird all the time, it saves about 10 minutes since the cities of UP and HP can’t seem to get traffic lights synchronized on Preston or Douglas. Tell me when the last time was that you were able to get green lights on Preston at Lovers, University, McFarlin and Mockingbird in sequence? It’s my money and if I want to spend it on tolls, that’s my biz.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:32:45 +0000

Is that the same Forrest C. Brown who is a “famed” dermatologist?

It would be nice if the NTTA could get their act together as far as matching everything up so people who think they are current don’t end up with some crazy bill. I’m guessing the reason the NTTA has the exorbitant penalties is because just charging scofflaws the actual toll wouldn’t get them off their duffs to pay, but threatening them with thousands of dollars might do it.

From what I understand, in almost every instance the NTTA works out deals with people and no one actually has to pay $60,000 for a couple of missed tolls. It would be nice if some of the people who really were just not paying because they didn’t want to really DID have to pay some huge penalties, though!

By: Avid Reader

Avid Reader — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:17:03 +0000

I have seen more and more bubble moms taking the toll road from Lovers to Mockingbird lately. Saw it happen 2 days out of 4 so far this week. Unbelievable.