LIFE IN THE FAST LANE — by Steve Nadis
I’d been planning to do it for two years but never made the time until about a week ago when I went online and signed up for “Fast Lane”–the radioelectronic tags that let you drive through tollbooths (at least locally) without stopping. The registration process took just five minutes and it took another five minutes to install the device on my windshield. It’s going to save us time at the tollboths, and it’s good for the environment. What they call a win-win. So why did it take two years? Probably because I drive so rarely. But now I have it. And though I don’t really like to drive–and get almost everywhere by bike or foot–I do look forward to passing through that tollboth for the first time without stopping. A friend tells me the thrill never ends. If he’s right, it could be the rare gift that keeps on giving.
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[{( thy know where you are!... )}]
Oh, Wait. They know where your Jalopy is.
They can already track YOU, via your cellphone.
A new, uncharted territory: How fast can you now go thru the Speedpass booths w/o getting “snagged”?