Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

Here are some tips
1. If you are going to fire the toll booth attendants and put in «Bill Changers» they should WORK! Who the heck carries this much change?
2. Post the toll in advance of the toll booth.
3. Post speed limit signs more frequently.
Sure sounds like you are trying to generate ticket revenue Huh?
This state stinks.

The turnpike is a limited access interstate. Most exits/​entrances are 5 to 20 miles apart and in between those locations there is absolutely no way to exit the roadway. So guess what happens when there is a wreck or construction ahead and traffic is backed up? You got it, you never know it when you unknowingly jet right pass your last chance to exit and avoid sitting in traffic.
You would think that you could opt into a messaging system that would alert you to traffic ahead. What with all the twittering and texting and emailing and blogging going on these days. So I call the road condition phone number — guess what? «No hazardous road conditions» — but I just sat through 30 minute backup… hmmm…
Google their website — obviously designed when PDF’s were the latest fad.
I’m investigating how to startup an unofficial traffic system for the Turner turnpike between Tulsa and OKC, which is the most highly traveled turnpike. Any ideas? Chime in!
Craig

day 26 of my trip
so the think i noticed about oklahoma is. it has more churches than i have ever seen in my life. oh and a lot of church’s chicken. dunno if its interrelated. the other thing is, it has a bazillion toll roads. what gives??? last night in my deliriousness, i drove pass one without paying. now the thing is, you actually have to exit the interstate to pay cash, and people with passes can just drive through. i didn’t know that and thought there would be an attendant which there wasn’t and boom.
i didn’t want to risk a ticket so susan h told me to go and pay for it. thanks for the tip. all the Unilocalers have been awesome with tips. radar, priceline, and paying my toll or my ticket would be 25 bucks. if i were to get a ticket. but i didn’t want to press my luck.
so i used the internet to find the location and i am really not trusting internet maps anymore and my ability to focus at all while driving. my mind keeps wandering or the directions are wrong, or something cuz i got lost for hours. and everyone gave me wrong directions when i pulled over. the enemy of any road trip is being lost. it wastes tons of good hours you could be doing something else. so luckily i got internet on my phone and got a general idea of the location, near a mall, asked someone where the mall was and finally i found it.
while i was lost though i did find a beach in the middle of okc. how is that possible?
you find small wonders when you are lost. my trip started at a beach in santa barbara, now i found a beach in middle america, now one more beach to find…
also 711’s here sell gas.
weird.
when i finally got here, my toll was a buck. all that for a lousy dollar??? oh well i got it done. i asked how i get back without getting on the toll road and a nice guy there gave me the heads up on a backway around it. whew thank goodness for hospitality.
i got miles to go before i can go home it seems…
every day seems like a rush. and i dunno why. maybe it is cuz i am the mtv generation or cuz you only have so many hours in a day and so much money.