Yes, E-ZPass does suck. If you get a response here from an attorney, keep me posted.
I'm curious. How many times would you say you have sucessfully gone through GSP barriers with E-ZPass? I'm interested in their failure rate. (I don't drive on the toll roads that often to have a sense of this myself.)
I am aware of others who seldom use the Parkway but have received notices similar to the ones you have received. At least the GSP seems to consider the possibility that you may not be a "violator," but they don't bother to match your license plate (or name and address, if you didn't specify a license plate) with the information in their own database either. As far as I am concerned that's bad faith too.
ML/NJ
If you think this is bad, just wait until a National ID is imposed on all of us.