If you can't be bothered to get a toll tag, you can still just zip through and they'll send you a bill. You pay a bit more than a toll tag user, but if you don't use it very often, it's probably better than paying the $25 deposit and the $40 in advance tolls. As a consequence, there are no toll booths and the lines to get on and off are a result of traffic, not a toll booth line.
The state of Florida needs to watch and learn. Once we got off I-10 we had nothing but toll roads. We had to stop every mile or so to give them another dollar or three. Our tag didn't work in Florida. If we reprogrammed the navigation system to avoid toll roads, the travel time to reach our destination more than doubled. (This was true whether it was a 15 minute trip or a two hour trip.)
Most times there was a line to pay the toll. (Seriously, Florida is a major domestic tourist destination - I don't blame them for wanting to cash in, but speed it up!!) I'm not really sure how much time you save when you have to stop every other mile. (But I didn't want to spend the entire day finding out.)
At one entrance point, we were faced with the choice of having a working tag (which we didn't have) or the exact change of 75 cents. Exact change. Really? I suppose we might have had the option to back off the ramp back into oncoming traffic if no cars had been behind us, but that didn't seem like a good option. After sitting there and going through my wallet, the bottom of my purse, and all the loose stuff on the console we tossed two quarters in the basket and went ahead.
The buzzer went off. Lights flashed. I'm expecting a Florida State Trooper to show up at my door any day.
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