Itasan  +  219818 Wed, 26 Apr 06 03:40 AM Electronic Toll Collection We see ETC signs on highways here. Is it used in English-speaking countries also? Maybe not so necessary in the US, because many of the high/freeways are free there I think. Thank you. Itasan Joined on Wed, May 11 2005 Japan Full Member 402

	Grammar Geek  +  219823 Wed, 26 Apr 06 04:10 AM It's not an abbreviation that I'm familiar with - we have a LOT of tolls, trust me, and we do have little radio gadgets that you put on your car's windshield so you don't have to actually stop... but they're called TransPass or EZ Pass or whatever - and unfortunately, they're not universal, so one you use in New England doesn't work in the South. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,665 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Abbreviations

	julielai  +  219826 Wed, 26 Apr 06 04:25 AM Toll roads are becoming quite a hot topic in U.S. No one likes to pay for them, and the public is rather suspicious of the toll road contractors... julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,827 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)