Let me make sure I understand—a tourist driving through Virginia is supposed to have an Ezpass?
Not likely. If they set it up the way it works in Illinois, you get to wait in line at a tollbooth that is off to the side of the “express” lanes. Love the Illinois system . . . my personal record is 124mph, but I was late on the gas.
“a tourist driving through Virginia is supposed to have an Ezpass?”
You need ezpass only to drive on the toll roads. Gravel roads are still free.
You and everyone else may as well get the EZ Pass. There is no reason not too since it cost nothing and you are billed for nothing but the tolls.
No, but a tourist driving through Virginia can get dinged if he gets trapped in the wrong lane or confused in various tangled spots around the beltway.
I live in DC and don't have an EZ pass. I've not been trapped into a mistake yet, but it can be confusing, and I've lived here for almost 40 years. Here in the District, however, the bigger traffic enforcement problem is speed cameras, which the DC government uses in speed traps.