Problem Solvers Coronavirus Hotline: Why Are Toll Collectors Essential?

Problem Solvers Coronavirus Hotline: Why Are Toll Collectors Essential?

ARE WONDERING WHAT THATMEANS..

AND WHY CERTAINWORKERS AND INDUSTRIES ARECONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.

OURTRAVIS GUILLORY ANSWERINGQUESTIONS FROM OURCORONAVIRUS PROBLEMS SOLVERLINE..

ON WHY OKLAHOMA TOLLCOLLECTORS STILL HAVE TOREPORT TO WORK.TRAVIS= Many employees, liketurnpike toll collectors,who work in essentialbusinesses have to deal withhundreds or thousands ofpeople daily.

A tollcollector called ourCoronavirus Hotline saying,"People travel from all overthe world through there, andwe are in this booth that isopen constantly.

We handleall kinds of money.

We're incontact with coughing andsneezing, sick people.

Wehave to stand in the boothfor like 6 hours at a time."Another viewer called in andsaid, "I'm wondering why aturnpike toll collectorposition is consideredessentialduring the coronaviruscrisis.

It seems to me thatexposure to thousands ofpeople traveling fromvarious statesis NOT smart." 2 Works forYou reached out to theOklahoma TurnpikeAuthority.

OTA officialssaid, Just as thetraditional gas taxcontinues to be collected atgas pumps to facilitate theoperation and needed capitalprojects on the statehighway system, the OklahomaTurnpike Authority maintainsits collection of tolls tomanage the Turnpike Systemand to continue to honor itscontractual obligationsthat, in turn, help withOklahoma's economy.

Some ofthese obligations includeroad maintenance employees,Highway Patrol troopers,vendors, and independentcontractors who employ roadcrews that ultimately relyonOTA to make payroll." Tohelp protect tollcollectors, OTA officialssay there are signs postedonly allowing one person ata time in the booths, shiftshave been offset to avoidtoo muchoverlap, sick employees haveto be symptom-free for 72hours before returning towork, all collectors mustweargloves and take increasedbreaks for hand washing.(adlib) Travis Guillory,2WFYIT'S PROBABLY NO SURPRISETHAT WITH THE RISE OFCORONAVIRUSCASES, WE'VE ALSO SEEN ANINCREASE IN PRODUCTS THATCLAIM TO OFFER