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or force the gov’t to stop using e-z pass... and yes...e-z pass gets tons of subppoenas every week...and yes...with the right form filled out...the info flows like water...

If they removed the tolls, there would be no traffic....

lol. the euro rail pass was only 50 euro a few years ago. unlimited use...busses, trains, ferries, etc... e-z pass is nowhere near that level... but the U.S.A. is the best place in the world...

they are NOT the gov’t. they are flunky middlemen. E-Z pass NY and e-zpass NJ (yes...eparate entities) are both the step children of ACS (affiliated computer Services) a government contractor and middleman. Middlemen means more cost for you.

lemme ask yo...
if you owned a business that everyone had to use....i.e. the tolls.
would you put a system in place to make it easier? of course
would you give em a discount? maybe.
would you be totally transparent and let them know when there was a problem, or would you take advantage of the situation and charge the $25 for screwing up, and blame them? hey... free money is free money....

lol. there are tolls in fla. Cali, indiana, illinois, ohio, penn, and the entire new england area. The Fla one is called “Sun Pass”

nope. just a bad pic. this is the rare case...

Sleazy Pass...er e-z pass uses the dmv database.

Most likely, there was a proble reading the tag that generated the issue. They DO (sorry to say) use the DMV database to track down plates in a room with 15-20 humans staring at account info screens and pictures from the image capture equipment. Most likely you bought a new tag, put you $25 on there and went on a long drive, nevermind that $10 is a deposit) and went through $18 worth of tolls. One quick call (as long as you are willing to pay the toll you did incur) can get you out of the “fee” . Having been an employee, this takes about 3 minutes and 5 clicks of the keyboard...nowhere near $25 worth of work.

E-Z pass is a TOTAL scam from start to finish.

For those of you that used the word “government” in your posts....bad news...E-Z Pass is a middleman for the gov’t, not an agency of the gov’t. We all understand that the more steps you take between the product and the market, the more it costs overall. Welcome to e-z pass.

As for the other issues, e-z pass swears up and down that it “reduces congestion” . lol. Check the google traffic map around five pm. Exclude the accidents, and look where the traffic is...at the toll booths.

The gov’t pays to keep the roads maintained, but for some reason, the perpetual arrogance of the new england psyche has determined that they can do it better. Bull. These roads are among the few in the country that are so heavily DOUBLE TAXED (you taxes pay for roads, why are paying to drive on roads you’ve already paid for?) and they are also among t lowest quality roads in the world. They are GOD AWFUL. And you are paying for it. Nevermind e-z pass, these morons in nj, ny and so on have no business charging you to drive on these roads. If I’m going to pay for the priveledge, it better be smooth as glass and fast as heck. Guess what? It ain’t even close. My household spent nearly $300 in commuter double taxation, er... i mean tolls, in the the last month. I can go to disney land or spend a weekend at the shore for that. let’s see... potholes, smog, horrific traffic....OR....smooth sailing? DUH

The MULTIPLE agencies are a joke as well. They look at what the other agencies do and will demand that they are given a different set of rules so they don’t appear to be mimicing the other agencies. What are you? Six years old? Combine this nightmare into one agency and get a simple set of rules...once that gets settled in, give it up and remove the tolls.

Not to mention that they just dropped 4 million dollars to put up a few signs and rename a bridge...then cried bankruptcy and raised the tolls. It’s government mismanagement and graft at it’s higher form, and then it’s all force fed through a middle man (e-z pass) that’ss charged with doing everything three times to satisfy the agencies desperate need to be individuals (despite the fact they are all one in the same) and they are middle manning all of us into pothole and “fee” heaven.