Illinois Toll Roads

One of the reasons why I moved out of Illinois. Bunch of thieves and crooks.

Fuck you illinois and fuck your tolls. Nothing like a fucking sign that looks like an advertisement letting you know that you have to log on to the Internet to pay a toll. Fuck off, if you are going to have a toll, make it obvious and have an option to pay cash. Employ somebody from your shithole crime ridden state.
Anywas enjoy having 2 rapists as your city’s biggest sports stars.

If I could give this a 0 star I would, So I’ve been to 14 states through out the U. S and driven through 11 states. Never have I been in a money hungry state such as Illinois. I’m from California and drove to Iowa to attend school there in which I have only encountered one tollway from Colorado which was easy to pay. Now driving from Iowa to Illinois wasn’t too bad beautiful drive and I was proud to make make it to Illinois, the state where President Obama resided for a while. I drive further in to a tollway and pay the first one for 3.60. Not bad. Continue driving I got change for days! I got this, then another toll, and another, and another. So on. WTF, so I make it to my hotel and have to go to the airport to pick up my Girlfriend. Then out of nowhere an unmanned toll for 1.50? Are you serious… I have to pay 1.50 in change? Ain’t nobody got time or money for that. So I say f*ck you to the toll and drive off. Never have I experienced this many tolls in any state except for Illinois. Come on even Colorado has 1 toll! but more than 1 in Illinois? Thats just greedy. Everywhere I go there is construction going on but is that where the money is really going? Or is it going to some politicians pocket Republican or Democrat, neither that represent the people but just money sadly. This is a form of illegal extortion from the state of Illinois to rip people off. Not only that this state is very «out of state unfriendly» If you’re out of state there is no warning for tolls or fines until you get there. Come on not everyone lives in Illinois get your head out of your Ass. This is going to deter people from visiting your state thus reducing your profit and value as a state. I am happy to drive through Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, etc with no problems but here… I do. I really hope the state gets rid of these money sucking tolls, I can’t believe the people here are too sheepish to rally against this, I’m sorry but this state and its politicians should be ashamed of itself for being money hungry. It sucks how people who come here to visit a great state have to pay fines just to visit and if they can’t afford it what’re they going to do?
On a good note customer service lady was friendly and told me that within 24 months with 3 unpaid tolls they will charge you, luckily I only missed one so I do not have to pay but man making a person stress is not good. I had to wake up at 6am to give them a call. Not a way to make people happy.
Overall Illinois needs to get their sh*t together and end these tolls, please I encourage you to drive to any other state out west and tell me how the tolls are… wait there are none.

Nobody likes to pay to drive on the roads… but it is obviously necessary whenever driving in Illinois. When I go back and forth to my daughter’s house in DeKalb, I’m use to stopping 4 – 5 times and forking out my 80 cents each time… in each direction.
Yesterday, since we were returning to Indianapolis from Chicago, we were on different toll roads… I 90 I believe. WHAT A RIP OFF!!!
First stop…$ 3. Second stop $ 1.50. Then a ridiculous 60 cent charge to go around a cloverleaf to get onto I 65. Even more annoying than the tolls… NOT having the cost of the toll posted BEFORE you arrive at the toll booth. Really?! You can’t post a sign to let non-​Illinois travelers know how much money they need at each stop? At least on I 88 you KNOW it is 80 cents each time. Our first clue should have been the lane for cash/​credit. Credit?! To drive on the toll road? Geez.
I can’t wait to get my Indiana plates so that I can sign up for I-​pass and avoid having to keep a jar full of coins with me.

Why would someone have a bunch of coins on a vacation and forced to spend writing down the time and the plaza number each time one violates and then come home to pay the stupid crap through an utmost useless site. Wow ! Really one has to go through this holy shit if you decide to visit Chicago!!!