Not only that, tolls suck for privacy (de facto installation of ALPR cameras, database presumptively controlled by a private company selling the data to anyone with money), are a regressive tax on the poor, and are often used to implement "taxation without representation" by sticking the tolls near a state border to extract rents from people not eligible to vote against them.
New York has even taken to explicitly charging higher rates to out of state residents, which is of questionable constitutionality.
I would like to be able to say that in Europe, tolls are managed by the state, but they aren't.
But think about all the poor politicians who would miss out on their kickbacks.
Driving is a privilege. You can walk on the walking road, thingy.
Not when it is mandatory to function in society. Then, it is a necessary utility.
Driving is a right because travel is a right and walking between two points separated by dozens of miles on a daily basis is about as reasonable a suggestion as "let them eat cake".
Travel is a right, including interstate travel, but Dixon v Love (among others) have held that personally operating a motor vehicle (“driving”) is a privilege rather than an inherent right.
You can take a bus, taxi, or airplane to travel.
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