Many years ago, Connie and I went on vacation down to Florida (we were living in Maryland at the time) and when stopped at a rest stop, I went into the men's room to do my business. When I came out I went to wash my hands and was flustered by the water faucets that had no handles to turn them on. Fortunately a guy pointed out the sensor that enabled the water stream. I guess he thought I was fresh from the boonies coming to modern civilization. And maybe I was...
So recently I am taking a trip and took some routes that had toll booths attached to them. I had money in hand, but was astonished to see signs saying that vehicles should not stop, that they will be billed for the toll. Hmm??? How does that work? There appeared to be cameras that I assume took photos of the license plate of the vehicle, and I was wondering it the bike carrier on back of my vehicle was going to obscure my license plate. But even so, this brought interesting thoughts to mind. Does this mean there is a system in place linking the license plate info all across the USA such that a billing system of this nature even exists? Do they send me a bill in the mail or do they also have it linked to my credit card info? And what about rental vehicles? How would that work?
To top this off Pim and I went to a state park and then again I had money in hand to pay for parking. But WTH? They just had signs up stating that visitors needed to text a number or else log into a website via their phone. So what if someone doesn't bring a cell phone to the beach? I will be honest, I have never texted a number to a numbered code on my phone, so didn't have a clue about how to do that. And neither was I going to stand around there all day long to register on some website and provide any sort of identifying info to anyone in that manner. So I just said "screw it all" and we went down to the beach. Beats me how they are even going to know I am there, unless someone comes through the park periodically and scans everyone's license plate and this parking fee system is also tied into the above mentioned license plate database. Then I guess I might get some sort of fine sent to me. So this is saying that it is a REQUIREMENT than anyone going to such state parks MUST have a cell phone and MUST bring it with them to the park? Again, WTH???
Yeah, maybe I am some rube now living in the wilds of Wakulla County. Maybe I should just stay there.
So recently I am taking a trip and took some routes that had toll booths attached to them. I had money in hand, but was astonished to see signs saying that vehicles should not stop, that they will be billed for the toll. Hmm??? How does that work? There appeared to be cameras that I assume took photos of the license plate of the vehicle, and I was wondering it the bike carrier on back of my vehicle was going to obscure my license plate. But even so, this brought interesting thoughts to mind. Does this mean there is a system in place linking the license plate info all across the USA such that a billing system of this nature even exists? Do they send me a bill in the mail or do they also have it linked to my credit card info? And what about rental vehicles? How would that work?
To top this off Pim and I went to a state park and then again I had money in hand to pay for parking. But WTH? They just had signs up stating that visitors needed to text a number or else log into a website via their phone. So what if someone doesn't bring a cell phone to the beach? I will be honest, I have never texted a number to a numbered code on my phone, so didn't have a clue about how to do that. And neither was I going to stand around there all day long to register on some website and provide any sort of identifying info to anyone in that manner. So I just said "screw it all" and we went down to the beach. Beats me how they are even going to know I am there, unless someone comes through the park periodically and scans everyone's license plate and this parking fee system is also tied into the above mentioned license plate database. Then I guess I might get some sort of fine sent to me. So this is saying that it is a REQUIREMENT than anyone going to such state parks MUST have a cell phone and MUST bring it with them to the park? Again, WTH???
Yeah, maybe I am some rube now living in the wilds of Wakulla County. Maybe I should just stay there.