ok well maybe its just new york cause my dad told me what other truckers told him that in new york one toll can cost you $14 and he said thats why he doesn't want to go up there to pick up loads if he can avoid it -"Maximum Destruction"
Probably the most expensive tolls in New York are on the New York State Thruway. You can rack up some bucks on that road - that might be what he's talking about. The southern New York bridge tolls are pretty steep, but if you travel the Thruway, you can end up paying $15. When I was in college, the tolls alone for a round trip were over $20, traveling from Poughkeepsie to Rochester (if you're unfamiliar with NY, it's abou a six hour trip one way). So tolls there can eat ya alive.