[Pete53]

More reasons that I am glad I live in Texas.

[Neets]

Interesting...the toll on the DWMB is $3.00.

Are you fighting this??

[Eala]

So typical. SOmebody forgot to "close the loop" by providing some indication to the driver that the transponder had been detected. Typical government efficiency. :-(

[The Real Deal]

Good luck......

[Cagey]

So far I've received four notices of violation complete with a photo of my car going through the toll booths on the GSP. I have filled out the form and returned the required information and each time they have been "kind" enough to rescind the violation. Each time it's cost me the postage and time to clear their mistakes up becuase they have a faulty system.

Yes, E-ZPass does suck. If you get a response here from an attorney, keep me posted.

[Eala]

Consider shortening this (250 words or less) and sending letters to the editors of as many papers as you can. Summary: E-Z Pass is a risk to anyone who uses it.
It does not tell you if it detected the transponder.
If it fails to detect you (the transponder failed, or any other reason), you get socked automatically with big penalties that can take hiring a lawyer to resolve.

(But if you hire an attorney, best confer with him first.)

[LurkedLongEnough]

At least we don't live in France. The EZ Pass monthly statements can also serve as a handy record of when and where your spouse has traveled throughout the day.... :-)
I'd pay anything not to have to wait in that "cash only" line anyway and I'm not paranoid about being singled out for surveillance as one of millions who use EZ Pass.

[lowbridge]

bump

[MindBender26]

Once I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet.

If this is all you have to bitch about, stop bitching and be glad you have what you have.

PS: Going to the racetrack at Belmont Park seems to remove any sympathy vote......

[ROCKLOBSTER]

But some government fool thinks this is a fun new way to exact tribute from the little people

What really p!$$e$ me off is that it killed my campaign for Maine (highest tax burden state in the US) to "Tax the Tourists"! "Yes Sir, that'll be $10 cash to enter/leave the state."

[NetValue]

Yesterday I asked the toll collector whether she had a gun. She said, "No. Why?"

I replied, "Robbers usually use a gun."

Shame on Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey for these tolls!

[AUsome Joy]

I can't help with the EZ pass situation, but when we go to Virginia we try to avoid I-95. You can't get around the Delaware Bridge, but we save in tolls and time by going I-295 to the bridge and then cutting through Delaware (I think it is 13, with exit soon past the bridge) catching 50 and going over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Then go over to Washington and around the beltway. I don't have a map in front of me, so check it out. You pay the Delaware Memorial Bridge getting out of NJ but not the other way.

I don't know where in VA you go, or where exactly you live, but when we go to Richmond, we also sometimes take I-78 to I-81 and cut over on 17 at Winchester back to I-95. It cuts out all tolls except for the one across the Delaware River at Easton. That toll is 50 cents one way for now. They are going to raise it to $1.00 and do away with tokens. That is a pleasant ride compared to going through all the major cities.

Why is it that on one way tolls they are always out of NJ? It costs us to leave, but is free to come in!!

[motzman]

Thank you for posting this. Back in 1995, I lived in Nanuet, NY, and picked up EZPass when in first came out. What a mistake. After multiple screw-ups and $25 dollar "administrative fines", I went to one of the field offices in Spring Valley, NY, to complian about this nonsense. The government "worker" dididn't care at all that there was something wrong with my account that kept registering that I had no balance even though the credit card had a $10K limit, and plenty of room on it.

After 5 minutes, the slob behind the window kept saying "sir, you'ds best be payin da fine". Being that I'm a hotheaded ex-boxer, I did the most logical thing I could think of; I punched the wire reinforced safety window that the government slob was behind. Hard enough that it "spiderwebbed" the glass. Then I turned, went home and waited for the cops to arrest me. A week went by, an nothing happened. Oh, well.

Now that I'm back in Jersey, the "pressure's on" to get EZPass again. No way, no how, no sir. I've already read of millions of dollars in overcharges to the dupes that use EZPass. Besides, why should I expedite the process of being "robbed" by the government? There's no reason in this day and age to even have tolls, except to fund the workers and administration that collects tolls in the first palce. And it still amazes me that many of the people who have to re-arrange their weekend arrival and departures at the Jersey Shore due the the traffic-creating tolls, did NOT vote for Schundler, who would have ripped the abominations down. It just goes to show how easily conditioned humans can be. "The roads will fall apart if we don't have tolls" was the popular sentiment expressed by the idiotic over the issue. Oh well, we have to suffer because our neighbors are stupid.

I've also read on more than one occasion that EZPass was used to determined "whereabouts" in criminal cases, and I know of one divorce case in which a husband was proven to be cheating on his wife, because the husband's EZPass records were pulled and showed he was making "extracurricular" trips.

As long as I can help it, I will not get EZPass. I'd rather sit in traffic.

[deadhead]

"I don't like the idea of an electronic record being made of my comings and goings. I'm not doing anything I shouldn't be doing. I just don't like it"

I live on Long Island and this is the reason I refuse to get EZPass. BTW, recently I have experienced very little or no wait time at the cash only toll booths.

[Lazamataz]

I had a 'light flash' on a I-Pass lane (similar to your EZPASS). It lit up the back of my car, indicating that my I-Pass did not get deducted. No fault of mine -- my I-Pass was properly mounted and fully charged with money. If they try and play some silly game, I will pitch the biggest fit they have ever seen.

[falconi]

What makes you think they only have these systems in the Northeast ???? They're everywhere, dude.... Thanks for the explanation nonetheless.

[Born to Conserve]

Hire a Lawyer!

That's exactly what the lawmakers intended. The lawmakers are all lawyers.

If out dear lawmakers had our best interests at heart, they would see that the most economically efficient thing to do would be to make the roads free, which would result in higher productivity and a larger tax base. But they are scheming lawyers, a.k.a. middlemen, a.k.a. moneychangers, a.k.a. f@#$ers.

[yikes]

Last spring I inadvertently drove into the EZpass lane coming off the Tappanzee bridge. No place to put money. No one came to my aid. So I took off, half expecting to see a flashing red light in the rear view mirror. No hot pursuit. Never got a notice either.

[Fresh Wind]

I wonder how many accidents have been caused by the craziness at the toll booths caused by E-ZPass as vehicles jockey from lane to lane trying to figure out which lanes are cash and which are not. All it takes is one semi in front of you, and you have no clue. I recently had to make an expedition into Jersey, and opted to avoid the Parkway, which would have been much simpler and faster, and negotiated a spiderweb of 2 lane back road. It was a much more pleasant journey, though, as long as one overlooked the poorly marked roads and roads that changed names seemingly at random. I saw sights that I would never see otherwise, like the World's Largest Rock Museum and some very picturesque junk yards.

[babyfreep]

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