Are We There Yet? Tolls in Tidewater/Hampton Roads, VA

Okay, so I read an article in the newspaper (Virginia-Pilot) about the new tolls in the area (Tidewater/Hampton Roads, VA) and how they are causing back ups at the other bridge crossings now as all the commuters avoid them! I guess the number of toll "avoiders" they had expected was much lower than the actual number of "avoiders". The experts anticipated some people would "go around" in the begining but come back soon there after, that didn't happen, hmm. What does that say about the commuters who use those roads? Well for one, they are sick and tired of paying tolls and will do almost anything to avoid them. For another thing, they are so used to the traffic snarls here that one more on the way to work or home is nothing to them. I feel for them ... they have to draw the line somewhere on spending (and taxes, etc.) and those are some of the highest tolls in the region for the crossing they cover. Look what happened at the Jordan? So if it was originally going to take until 2025 (or something like that) to pay off the cost needed (which by the way was at the original even higher price per vehicle toll and has already been reduced due to demand so probably has an even longer payback period) now how long will it take if only 1/3 of the estimated traffic is using it and paying for it? 3 times as long? Here's an idea: why not drop the toll to "coins" (.25, .50 or .75) and quadruple the traffic numbers daily to pay it off in the same amount of time but at a cheaper cost to the hard working public? Oh yeah, I left out the "greed factor". Too bad common sense doesn't trump greed. I know one thing that will ... stupidity. Go commuters!