Ryan
Feb 3rd, 2010
Feb 3rd, 2010
Accidents in Frugality: Avoiding Tolls Costs Me Money
On my trip to Oakland, I brought my beloved GPS to help me get around an area I wasn’t used to. It worked perfectly, but its operator didn’t.
Because there are no toll roads where I live, I didn’t pay attention to the setting to avoid toll roads. In order to avoid $4 tolls going over the bridges in the bay area, the GPS sent me driving as many as 40 miles out of my way!
Once I figured it out, a trip of well over an hour turned into one of less than 15 minutes.
That’s not exactly the frugal way to go.
I don’t blame the GPS. The blame for this one belongs totally to the guy in the mirror.
Now, the option to avoid tolls on my Garmin is firmly set to off.
