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>making my way down I-95 in a rental truck...I screeched to a halt in front of what turned out to be a two-hour backup in Delaware. Never having driven down the
by will_brown 8y ago
>making my way down I-95 in a rental truck...I screeched to a halt in front of what turned out to be a two-hour backup in Delaware. Never having driven down the East Coast, I at first assumed the traffic jam...But as my truck crept forward I saw it was no accident at all but a deliberate obstruction—specifically, a tollboth on the Delaware Turnpike.
Um...I-95 and the Delaware turnpike are not the same roadway. Somehow while applying the brakes on I-95 the driver and truck magically transported from I-95 to a 2hour traffic jam for a toll on the Turnpike?
- rayiner 8y agoAlso, when was this? I drove that stretch every other week when I lived in Wilmington, and never hit a jam. Was this pre-Speedpass?
- neaden 8y agoThe article is from 2002, I don't know about Delaware but at least around here that is right about when passes had maybe a lane or two at the toll system.
- pdonis 8y ago> Was this pre-Speedpass? It was before Delaware added fast through lanes for EZPass, so that only people paying cash for the toll have to go through the booths.
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- pdonis 8y ago> I-95 and the Delaware turnpike are not the same roadway. Yes, they are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Delaware#Delaware_Turnpike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Delaware#Dela... I personally have traveled the stretch of I-95 the article mentions hundreds of times, traveling between the DC area and relatives in Philadelphia, going back to the 1970s. It has always been the Delaware Turnpike.
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