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Two weeks from now, Virginia plans to close 18 "rest stops" along its highways -- a measure somebody figures will save the cash-shy state some $9 million a year. A lot of toilet paper, and a lot of torture for travelers unfortunate to be traveling Virginia highways.

Notably, the closings will leave northbound motorists without public toilets on the l06-mile stretch of I-95 from Richmond to Washington, D.C. There seems no standard for spacing between stops, but the Jersey Turnpike has one every 20 miles and the stretch of I-95 between Richmond and the District is more often than not so congested it is a crawl.

It is now left for some enterprising bumper sticker maker to create the obvious, a sticker that proclaims, with literal intent:

"P ON VIRGINIA!"

Comments

james23| 7.8.09 @ 1:34PM

If that is the worst that happens as VA and other states try to put their financial houses in order, we'll be very lucky.

Tim| 7.8.09 @ 1:38PM

From Tea parties to Pee parties in one season? The Republic is doomed.

Earl| 7.8.09 @ 2:41PM

We travel that road every year, stopping occasionally to spen some money on dining, motels, etc. We'll be taking an alternate route from now on. This is a stupid move, that will cost the state more millions in lost revenue, than the closing of some toilets.

Skeptic| 7.8.09 @ 3:07PM

The ridiculous thing is that they just revamped the rest stop on southbound I-95 near Fredericksburg.

Roy| 7.8.09 @ 3:10PM

Hmm, I've driven some pretty long distances without ever peeing in a government toilet. Looking at the article, it makes clear that the reason for this is that McDonald's makes some of these stops redundant.

Pete| 7.8.09 @ 4:41PM

This is the kind of crap that will be publicized instead of all of the wastefull spending that persists. The media is doing this country a grave disservice by protecting the current criminals in office.

Richard Baker| 7.8.09 @ 5:35PM

I'm from Virginia and the state government has too many folks from Northern Virginia sucking down the funds from the rest of the state. Maybe it's time for Northern Virginia to secede from the state and go bother someone else. Sic Semper Tyrannis!

Ronald Moore| 7.8.09 @ 9:19PM

If your leaving D.C. you probably don't need to pee as your probably full of S***, like most of them, and ifn your headed to D.C., you might not want to miss the chance to pee on Washington. Why can't they use Americore to clean the toilets or some of the unwilling volenteers.

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BJ| 7.8.09 @ 11:14PM

Hey all you travelers needing to pee - no plans to close all the rest stops, just some of them. For those in dire need between Richmond and DC, only Dale City is closing - rest stops in Caroline and Fredericksburg are not. Unlike California, we have to actually balance our budget here and cannot run deficit spending. If this is the worst that happens, we're lucky. It's not, but it will be state employees who will, as usual, bear the brunt of the deficit. Travel on!