The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time

News-Talk 92.3 KTAR is pulling a hilarious April Fool’s joke.  How do I know?  It’s just too outlandish.  Last night the State Legislature supposedly passed an emergency measure so that starting tomorrow, Valley freeways will now be tollways.  Hah!  Tollways always get voted down.  The legislators are too chicken to pass such a thing on their own.  It’d be political suicide.  Then there’s the prices:  $0.51 for SR51, $1.01 for SR101, and $2.02 for SR202.  And you’ll have to have exact change or be turned around!  Hah hah.  Like they wouldn’t accept overpayment.  They have Doug Nitzel from ADoT in on it, as he tells listeners to plan an extra 3-4 hours to commute tomorrow as they’ll have toll booths at every onramp, including those at highway interchanges!  Like there’s a safe place to do that.  Like they can man that many booths without advertising a job fair.  Like they can come up with enough toll booths in one day.  Then there’s the State Representative from Wilhoit, who claims that it’s a great way to deal with the State deficit.  He also admits that it doesn’t directly affect him, but he hopes more people will choose to move to Wilhoit where there aren’t any tollways.  Hah!  The traffic reporter is in on it, too, claiming that people should enjoy their last free commute.  Then there’s the public reaction…

But I have to get ready for work.  I’m sure you get the idea.  It’s rather humourous.  Probably their best April Fool’s Day joke yet.  They even have been giving out a special Toll Road Hotline and mentioning that more information is on their web site — neither of which I have time to check.  Just remember, this “news” is at the end of the newscast.  Something this major, not only would it not have so many loop holes or just plain silly things, but it would lead the local news, if not all the news.  Thanks for the laugh, KTAR.

Thanks to jada_marnew for the quiz:

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I hear that I do this exact same thing when I fall asleep on my feet.

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