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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.

Oh yeah, I'm sure many here have EZPass and never have had a problem. Don't worry, eventually you will. And then you won't be dealing with a company that you're dissatisfied with. You'll be at the mercy of the government....and they'll be NOTHING you can do about it.

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....

Besides, why should I expedite the process of being "robbed" by the government?

Some good reasons are to save time and help put a government toll collector out of work before their cushy pension kicks in. If you carry a cell phone the government can already track your movements. If the license plate on your car is visible the government is already auto-reading it. Some police cruisers have auto-readers that alert when the cop drives by a stolen car or if a car is associated with someone they are looking for.

NJ recently raised all the tolls and there were few complaints. I think that's because the leftist news media didn't bring it up much. They like higher taxes. NJ does have lower gas taxes to compensate somewhat for the tolls. Tolls hurt the poor harder than the rich so it has the effect of keeping some of the welfare class off the turnpike.