Take a cab. Or a tour bus.
This article is full of melo-drama. First, people who cross the bridge without an electronic sensor will be mailed a bill for $6. For occasional users of the bridge, this should not be a big deal. To compare that to misusing HOT lanes (these suck, but are another issue altogether) and incurring the fine for doing so is invalid.
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Warning, use of this item in a nanny state pretty much means the entire library being thrown at you.
Welcome to California!
I travel thru on the ILL. tow way a couple of times a year I brought a IPass it just saves lots of time and money. I would like to see all the toll ways except other states systems.
They are trying to force this Orwellian crap on everyone here in NY/NJ. While I certainly see the benefit of it, NJ and NYC have so many drivers pass through that are from other parts of the country (so buying this doesn’t make sense for them). They gradually reduce the number of toll booth attendants, forcing you onto longer & longer lines, when in fact the reduction in workforce should translate into a reduction in tolls as well. They spent a long time trying to get their billing straight here in NJ, and after publicly stating the EZ Pass would not be used for law enforcement they used it for exactly that when some derelicts murdered a restaurant owner and drove his car around without realizing they were “tripping” the sensors whenever they passed through toll plazas (apparently they were unaware that the car was so equipped). Anyone in an auto accident must realize that the system can be used to gauge their speed from point A to point B, and those records could be used in court against them.
Thankfully, I barely use NJ toll roads, so have never considered using EZ Pass. I also regard NYC as though I’m looking across the DMZ (I really can see it from my house), so have no need for it there, either.
So why is this illegal?
The US government has declared that its currency is "legal tender" for all debts public and private. "Legal tender" must be accepted by someone offering goods or services. They are not permitted to accept only something else, say Canadian Dollars. (Originally this was to prevent merchants to require gold or sliver payments instead of paper.) And obviously the merchant could not say that he accepted Canadian Dollars immediately but required a 45 minute delay for those wanting to pay with US Dollars.
ML/NJ
I got a letter from the Florida DOT which was a warning but no fine.
Florida treats tourists very well, but, I'm not sure I'd have received a warning if I had Florida plates on my car.
EzPass and Tolltags are a great idea but are not implemented the same in every state.
In Texas, you are billed $40 and then can take your time using it. In many states, you are billed a monthly usage fee if you use it or not. This is a really bad idea.
Just blow through the toll booth and park on the other side and wait for the cop and pay him. Only thing I can think of.
I declined to have the state easy pass. I always am in the cash line and take my time since the tolls are high. I notice rectntly that there are few in the easy pass lanes and more in the toll lanes. More people tired of being tracked by the governement?
It must have been a joke because we never got one.
Don’t go there! There are lots of better places to spend your time and money.