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They have been moving toward a model where there are no more toll booths, no one slows down. If you have EZ Pass, you are scammed and your account billed. If yo
by adambatkin 4y ago
They have been moving toward a model where there are no more toll booths, no one slows down. If you have EZ Pass, you are scammed and your account billed. If you don't, they take a picture of your license plate and mail you a bill. Much of the NY/NJ area now operates on this model.
- neon_electro 4y agoAt first I thought you were using “scammed” literally, on second glance I’m guessing you meant “scanned”.
- kube-system 4y agoThat’s usually called “toll by plate” not EZ Pass.
- matwood 4y agoCorrect. Typically they give a small discount if you do EZPass otherwise it's toll by plate. E470 around Denver has been like this for...decades maybe.
- macinjosh 4y agoSince this has gone into place I have been sent at least 3 bills for trips on E-470 I never took. One time it was sent to collections because I would not pay. They turned out to be false matches of my license plate number with their automated camera system.
- kube-system 4y agoAnd I went through two EZ Pass tolls this morning where all lanes had toll booths (and gate arms!). My point is that "EZ Pass" != "no toll booth". Colorado isn't even in the EZ Pass network.
- neither_color 4y agoSounds like I-66 near Washington D.C. It used to just be regular congested highway, now it's EZ-pass only, every GPS navigation app sends you through it, and there are only a few non-conspicuous signs warning you. If you're in the area it's fine you just know, but I imagine at least hundreds of tourists get bamboozled every day there. edit: Correcting myself here, it's EZ-Pass-only at certain times of day: http://66expresslanes.org/e-zpass/default.asp http://66expresslanes.org/e-zpass/default.asp which I find even more confusing.