E-ZPass Sucks

moi | ML/NJ

[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.

[motzman]

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.

[Lazamataz]

The EZ Pass monthly statements can also serve as a handy record of when and where your spouse has traveled throughout the day.... :-)

If a person has to keep track of a spouse like that, they have much bigger problems than tolls.

[motzman]

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

Although it may seem trivial, this is a much bigger problem than most people realize, and has the potential to expand throughout other aspects of life if we're not careful.

[falconi]

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

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

Al Capone originated this form of government years ago...its called PROTECTION!

[ml/nj]

If you think this is bad, just wait until a National ID is imposed on all of us.

Well, this is sort of a regional ID, and in some ways more invidious than a national ID card. No one says their detectors only have to be placed only at toll barriers. But some here think it's silly to worry about the government knowing whatever it wishes to know about us. They want to make it easy for future Clintons to blackmail whomever they want to blackmail whenever they feel the need to blackmail them.

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[kuk77]

Summary: E-Z Pass is a risk to anyone who uses it.It does not tell you if it detected the transponder.

Yes, it does. You have to wait until the stoplight turns green, which indicates that the transponder has been detected.

[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.

[ml/nj]

Republik of Connecticut

At least Connecticut had the sense to remove the tolls on the turnpike and the Hartford area bridges.

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[CARTOUCHE]

My big rig is charged $26.00 to cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge, $30.00 to enter NYC from the G.W., and about the same to use the Triborough. EZ Pass is convenient for me as it eliminates the need to carry SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS in cash when I am dispatched into the northeast. EZ Pass is coming to the Illinois Tollway system shortly and it is currently being used on the PA Turnpike as well. Eventually it will become the universal toll collection device and for those of you worried about being tracked I guess it means more worry. So qwitcherbitchin and go back to paying with greenery or stay off the toll roads and pump a few extra gallons of petrol to compensate for the extra miles driving out of your way.

[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.

[Lazamataz]

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

You are spidering plexiglass with a single punch?

I wanna set you up in a bout with RaceBannon. RaceBannon is a big tough Marine, 6 foot infinity and 250+ of muscle, so this should be interesting. I wanna organize it and promote it: "The BigKill in FreepVille."

I wanna wear my hair like Don King and say "Only in America" all the time.

[who knows what evil?]

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

With the exception of Florida, you would be hard-pressed to find a toll road or toll bridge in the southern United States.

[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.

[ml/nj]

What makes you think they only have these systems in the Northeast ????

In 1991 I made a USA road tour with my family. We hit 30 states plus Ontario, and drove just over 8000 miles. We got as far west as Las Vegas (omitting California because we had made a separate family trip there earlier that year). I thought it might be interesting to collect various items as trip souveniers and so I started a toll receipt collection. It wasn't much of a collection. After I left New York State, I think I paid one toll to reneter the US north of Detroit, and then single tolls entering and leaving Chicago. That was it. I never paid another toll.

That's why I explained things the way I did. There's a reason why folks in LA call them "freeways," you know.

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[ml/nj]

You have to wait until the stoplight turns green, which indicates that the transponder has been detected.

Not quite accurate. This is how some E-ZPass booths work. Here in NJ, I understand that if you are detected it says "EZPASS PAID" or some such, and if you are not detected it just says "GO." They don't want people slamming on their brakes with another victim following closely behind. When one drives on roads outside his own normal driving area there is no way to know how the system will react, if it reacts at all.

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