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The Georgia State Tollway Authority claims I didn’t pay a $0.50 toll. The fine is $55, $30 of which is from my rental car company.

Does google prove them wrong? Here are the facts:

1) I remember as clear as day paying the toll. I was driving from Roswell to the airport, pulled over into a “0.50 Only” lane, and pulled two quarters from the front pocked of my computer bag, which was on the passenger seat of the car. Since this was a business trip, I noted the toll and expensed it upon my return home.

2) The notice states that I was in lane 014 when the alleged violation occurred. Lane 014 is a cruise card lane.

3) The image of my rental car in the notice shows a curb and guard rail to the left of my car.

4) The following image pulled from google doesn’t seem to fit the toll camera. I know perspective can be a funny thing, but does it look like there is a lane (and then some) between my car and the curb?

And here’s an overhead shot from google maps:

Thoughts??

It’s about time to start a new blog. I needed an excuse to learn WordPress, and this is it. Who knows how long I’ll keep this thing going. But at least it has a decent domain at WalterReade.net. (The coveted .com has long been registered by someone not using it.) And it’s also a good place to link to my other social media sites, as well as have a extended resource and “about me” pages.

I’m calling the blog “Inversion of the Primal Puppet.” It doesn’t mean anything or have any significance.