I picked up French to a fairly fluent level back when I was a Mormon missionary in about 6 months time. Being completely immersed (living in France, speaking/reading it daily) in the language was definitely a boon to learning it. Nothing I did in high school or college even approached that level.
Tragedy that this has happened. That being said, I'm not sending mine back. I've had it for 5 years since our first was born and my third uses it regularly now.
The babies don't sleep in it during the night. I buckle them in and I use my foot to help soothe them to sleep next to me while I work at my desk. If they sleep in it, I'm awake and alert and with them.
As a software engineer in the "Silicon Slopes," I can say that we get multiple offers almost constantly for companies throughout the area. There is enough tech here to keep people employed where they want to be making the money they want to make.
When I was living in France and Switzerland free refills were basically unheard of. About the only place that I ever found that had free refills was IKEA.
I think perhaps it worked as intended right? The goal seems to be to keep traffic free flowing in the lane.
> Tolls for the Express Lanes are dynamic, meaning they change periodically based on real-time traffic conditions to keep the Lanes free-flowing.
> However, rates may rise significantly above the typical range for periods of time in the event of unusually heavy congestion or a specific event like a traffic accident or lane(s) closure.
So because the trucks were slowing things down the price raised deterring more vehicles from entering and slowing this down more. It makes sense to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯