Hello friends,
Just to get a rough idea from you,
what kind of price would stop you from even attempting to go
under an ERP gantry?
Of course, the ERP must only operational during peak
hours.
I start first, to me personally, if ERP fee hits $4.50 or
higher, I would definitely try all my means not to use
that road. This is assuming company wont pay and pay for your such
expenses.
and if , hypothetically, all major roads implement the
same, I would consider giving up my car or convert to weekend
car, if that is possible.
So, the psychological limit for me would be $4.50. Now, that is
not too far away.
I ever paid at least $3 for 1 pass under a ERP
gantry.
Then, I imagine, if my hypothesis comes true,
there would be very few cars running on the road. And what if
the worst were to happen, that is, all ERPs operational most time
of the day? Even if priced at different rates for different
times?
Majority would be affected.
Then , public road would have a new meaning.
Somehow, something tells me, this would never happen
because:
1. why have less oil revenue?
2. why have less car servicing , maintenance, insurance
revenue?
3. why have less road tax collected?
4. why have less parking fee collected?
5. why have less or no more ERP fee collected? And how
about all those money spent on the gantry manufacturing?
6. why have the roads under-utilized?
And then, eureka! , enlightenment, I suddenly
understood the whole picture.