Someone should tell these people about gasoline (or electricity) if they think "having to pay to use your car" is an insane notion.
this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2025
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What I've read says that you aren't charged unless you cross the boundary. If you reside inside the zone and never leave and enter again, you won't be charged a toll.
It bugs me when screenshots are posted by themselves.
Here's 10 min of work getting all sources in the screenshot.
Reddit - r/NewYorkCity
X - ScooterCasterNY
Youtube - FredomNews.TV
In the video clip, the guy explains he's not paying to go 18 blocks. He's paying because the one-way streets force him to go south one block, charging the $9, before he can go anywhere north. That is understandably annoying.
Yes but he's a multimillionaire so that makes his complaint irrelevant.
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He chooses to pay a congestion fee to travel because he's wealthy.
He's mad because he's a CEO and probably believes from the bottom of his heart that he shouldn't have to pay that fee the way everyone else does.
To quote Immortal Technique "only little people pay all these taxes fees."
I asked Google and told me that's like one mile distance.
This fucker is serious that he has no other way of traveling that then by car?
I bet taking the car actually takes longer if there's any traffic at all.
Car owner.
He gets charged every time he moves his car?
- Yes cars cost money to maintain.
- Is there a camera pointed at his car or something? Ready to swipe his credit card as soon as anything happens to the car?
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There are some issues with the way they've implemented congestion pricing, in my infrequently-visits-NYC mind, but this complaint is outside of them.