I saw with interest (and a lot of confusion) the new “rules” for the toll lanes on I-405. I think the IRS code is simpler. It makes the Obamacare handbook easy reading. You will have to have so many stickers on your windows they will look like a Seahawks season ticket holder’s jacket.

The confusing convolutions of times, occupants, and locations makes for a lot of, not so much, fun times scrutinizing your toll bill. Why not have one sticker for EVERYTHING? And, oh yeah, make the tolls simpler.

I understand that highways cost money. I also understand that politicians are constantly looking for new ways to suck, er I mean tax, and spend and spend and spend. But this is ridiculous.

As an aside, whatever happened to all the lottery money? That was supposed to be for highways. And what about the continuing rise in the gas taxes. Where is all that going? I’m sure there’s a lot of other money siphoned off that might better be used for highways.

Could it be that the powers that be wanted to make the new tolls so complicated and confusing that no one could possibly challenge their billing. Or is the answer simpler and just one question needs to be asked, “What the hell were they thinking?”

Denny Andrews, Bellevue