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rhodesignrhodesign
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in Illinois-Chicago
So I headed out bright and early this morning to take my dress to Mary Catomy (who is fab, btw), and it turned out to be quite the adventure.First I go the wrong way on River Road (stupid googlemaps). I turn around once I get to Des Plaines and my phone mapquest says to take 294 to Irving. I do that, and at the exit, there's a toll. I was in the far right lane and the I-Pass lane is far left. I decide to go through the manual lane. Well in the fog of rain and my general distractedness of trying to find the place, I wound up going through the toll booth too fast, not realizing that I had to stop, and I hit the tollbooth arm and broke it off. I thought I could go through it and it wasn't until the arm was right in front of my window that I hit the brakes. I was already slowed down so I hit it at about 30mph, but still. whoops!the tollbooth lady kept saying 'you have to stop! you have to stop at these!' and I kept telling her I was sorry and I didn't see it, but she kept repeating it. yeah, I get it. I have to stop.*sigh*
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  • vegasdiva10vegasdiva10
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    edited December 2011
    Wow I am glad that you are ok and didn't damage your car too badly I hope. :)
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  • ennaerb80ennaerb80
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    edited December 2011
    HA! They get really angry about that.  Same thing (slightly) happened to my husband.  He has an I-PASS and went through the manual booth,  He wasn't thinking and when the car ahead of him started to go, so did he and the arm came down and he stopped just in time (in his brand new car).  It scared the crap out of me, but the tollbooth lady was yelling at the top of her loungs and kept repeating herself too.  Glad you didn't crush your window.
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  • Sparkette19Sparkette19 member
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    edited December 2011
    Oh man! You've had an exciting day. I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh but that story made me giggle. That's one of my fears when going through the toll lanes. I have I-PASS too and it's just too easy to forget where you are in just go. You're not the first to "kiss" the toll booth arm and won't be the last. It made for a funny story and no one was hurt. I hope the rest of your day went better. If the toll booth person kept telling me I had to stop, I would have told him/her "do you honestly think that I did this on purpose!?!?"
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  • rhodesignrhodesign
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    edited December 2011
    haha! yes in retrospect it's kinda funny, but her repeating herself didn't help. Yes, I know now, I'm supposed to stop...I have a little paint scratched onto the rubber around the windshield, but that's it. I'm staying inside the rest of the day. =)
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  • mandybear7mandybear7
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    edited December 2011
    One of my BM did that while I was in the car. I was the one yelling at her to stop, however, but she just kept saying, "But I have I-PASS, I don't have to stop!" Then, BOOM, too late, we went through. It's okay, though, I have heard that they make those arms flimsy and easy to break off because it happens so often.
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  • bdklattbdklatt
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    edited December 2011
    It sounds like a lot of people do this...lol. My MOH and I were driving home one night after dinner and she almost did the same thing. I was laughing sooooooo hard when it happened because her face was priceless. Good thing she was able to stop in time before actually hitting it....but we were really close!! I was dying!!!! Glad ur car is okay though!
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  • Kate4uKate4u
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the laughs!  But we're all glad that you're OK! 
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  • rhodesignrhodesign
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    edited December 2011
    thanks, ladies! Now I don't feel like the only idiot in the world who's done this! =)
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  • chosen175chosen175 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well, at least you didn't do it on your way to your wedding ceremony.  Glad you're ok and the car wasn't too badly injured.
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