On certain major highways you will find toll booths lined in a row and manned by state employees and/or state owned electronic systems. Each lane on the highway has its own notification of toll post sign to alert drivers of the upcoming slow down & pay requirement. There are two kinds of signs. One, red with white lettering, says ‘stop. pay toll.’ The other, yellow with black words, offers ‘Fast Lane. No Cash.’ If you, for whatever reason, are unfamiliar with such signs and systems, it tends to be more attractive to drive down the yellow sign lane. Many tourists do this, and some of this bunch will quickly have doubts about the lawfulness of their action and will stop their car just as they are passing the booth, wondering if they ought to go through the red lane instead and pay the fee. This wondering action while in the fast lane is a safety issue, a potential accident causing agent. While the wondering ignorants are realizing that the fast lane is for those commuters who have paid an annual fee to get a sticker mounted on their windshield which is read by the surveillance cameras in a quick manner (hence ‘fast lane. no cash.’), These annual fee paying commuters are having to avoid slamming into the wondering drivers who are still troubled as to what to do, having realized they never should’ve driven through the fast lane and unsure how to proceed now that the toll booths are behind them.
Accident Causing Agents