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20 August 2026

The most useful part of a toll charge is not the amount

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The most useful part of a toll charge is not the amount

A toll transaction records a time, a location, a lane, a vehicle, and a plate. It reaches most fleets as a single line on a monthly bill. Everything except the dollar figure gets set aside. It is the least useful part of the record. Consider two fleets running similar lanes in one region under identical published rates.

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