- Target:
- NC Turnpike Authority
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- truecostblog.com
A typical fully-loaded 18-wheeler weighs about 40,000lbs and will do a considerable amount of damage to our roads. A typical car weighs about 4,000 pounds and can do some adequate damage to our roads. A typical motorcycle weighs about 400lbs and yet NC charges the rider the same fee that full sized vehicles pay on a toll roads.
The majority of the fees and taxes paid for our roads is for maintenance and repairs yet we are still punishing people for choosing a means of transportation that clearly does no damage to our roadways and is better for the environment.
Not only is it unjust to charge a motorcycle rider these fees, but it will reduce the congestion on other roads as more motorcyclists will utilize these toll roads.
This petition is to push the Turnpike Authority to allow motorcycles to travel on toll roads free of charge.
This will not only encourage people to use more efficient and low emission vehicles like motorcycles to travel on these tolls, but it will decrease traffic on other roads as these vehicles will begin to use them less.
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The Stop NC motorcycle toll fees petition to NC Turnpike Authority was written by Orion Mondragon and is in the category Roads & Transport at GoPetition.