Illinois Tollway drivers may be throwing out those little white plastic boxes. Illinois may follow a tech trend shifting away from the hard-case transponders.
I'll confess to somewhat of a love/hate relationship with the Illinois I-Pass. The love part of it is due to the ease of use when you're out on the tollway. Stick it on your dashboard or window, just keep moving, and the tolls will take care of themselves.
There's a term for a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.
The still shot of this accident is pretty bad, until you realize that this photo was captured from video---and both vehicles are still moving down the road at highway speeds while the driver of the car waves for help.
Drivers in Illinois already face a 34 cent per gallon tax when they fill up at the pump. Now comes word of a new tax that will cost Illinois drivers dearly.