Mon a.m. toll road tally - Wildlife - 1, Commuter - 0

7/16/07

Apparently, while dodging a deer-in-the-headlights late
Sunday night on Laguna's 73-toll road, the deer won
and the SUV driver lost.

Reminding me of the too many times, green-concerns
have been voiced to the TCA regarding appropriately
sized animal under-crossings and proper toll road-side
fencing.

But that's not in their budget, as they raise fares to keep
toll-attendance low, and wildlife find their way onto empty,
wee-hour, pitch-black toll roads dissecting South County's
wilderness, where a pay-to-speed reward through seemingly
empty toll-darkness exercises the pedal-to-metal urge.

A sad, ironic result to TCA's Ad-promise,

"Drive Less, Live Longer"

Maybe TCA's Ad-slogan should read,

"Pay More and Drive at Your Own Risk Neighbor -
cuz the Toll Might Kill'ya - in more ways than one."