Posted on 02/21/2016 5:11:34 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Memo to Attorney General there in FL: Investigate your own fraud....Oh wait, maybe that’s the problem!
What’d she do?
I live in Florida. So much deceit in these tolls, billing practices, that I won’t use the toll roads, even as a resident.
They’re collecting money, taxes votes and power right? This is not complex. We’re being robbed not just at the federal level, but state, city, county et al. These are the biggest abusers of them all. Waste and fraud in government at all levels are high, some through the roof.
CA has ya beat, but give it time. You wouldn’t believe what these SOBs in CA have been allowed to do by voters who droll in cups. They have a government department for every conceivable thing. I kid you not. And if they don’t have one they’ll just create another one lickety-split.
Actually, the SunPass system here is pretty reasonable. This is pure unadulterated fraud on the part of the rental car companies.
You can get a SunPass for like 5 bucks at any gas station. Most of the toll roads in the Tampa area are pretty cheap; the priciest one I’ve ever been on in the state is the Turnpike, and even then I was on it for about 80 miles and it was only in the $5 - $10 range.
What these people are complaining about is that rental car companies don’t explain to you how anything works. Often times they will try to mislead the customer by letting them NOT get the Sun Pass with their rental (to “save money”), then encourage them to drive on the toll roads anyway. Since most toll roads are Toll-By-Plate (i.e., you just drive right on, there’s no booth, they just bill based on taking a pic of your tag), the renter just drives on the roads, probably assuming they’ll pay whatever the posted signs for the roads advertise.
Then because they didn’t get the “toll insurance” or whatever, they get some stupid giant bill from the third party.
They should crack down on this, because Florida makes a bunch of our money off of tourism sales tax, and fraud like this hurts business.
Toll roads are bad juju. Things like toll roads are gateway laws and only lead to all kinds of bad things for the folks paying taxes, fees, penalties, et al.
I agree with you 100% in principle, but I grew up right off of the last exit on I-95 before the Fort McHenry tunnel in Baltimore.
Compared to the northeast, the toll roads here are a pleasure. :)
I understand.
The SunPass works well on Florida toll roads, in that you purchase the pass and attach it to you windshield. You load the pass with funds before traveling on the toll roads. You are billed at the rate posted.
Problems arise in South Florida. Somewhere near Miami toll booths booths disappear. If you have a SunPass you are generally in good shape. Without one it is hard to avoid the toll by tags roads. they even have lanes designated as toll by tag lanes. It is easy, without knowing it, to end up on one of these roads, especially around Miami International Airport.
Unfortunately, somehow I ended up on one while taking someone to the airport. The total bill was about $15.00 for a $2.50 toll (handling charges added by the state).
It was after this experience that I purchased a SunPass.
I agree with others here. If you drive on a road, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
LOL.
I rented a car in Florida a couple years ago. I asked for the sun pass option and rolled through tolls for three days. The fourth day, I got to a toll I had to stop for. The rental company forgot to put the pass in and I had no coins. I tossed $.30 in the $.75 bin and took off.
The rental company was able to back charge everything and just charge me for the pass.
Plus, I got a Mustang convertible for $30 a day. My co-worked paid $70 a day for a Camry. He was mad at me for weeks.
I love this “tag number” business. Far as I know, tags go on clothing and license plates go on cars.
Pam is hot.
You hitting her in a different way than I would...
Pam is hot? She can use that as a campaign slogan next time around.
confirmed....we visit on business often and have Sunpass. No matter...I was charged a toll and penalties despite records that show legit Sunpass charges 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after, on the same road. Screw Dollar...they lost a customer.
Well, she is blonde...
Between the toll scam and red light camera scam I see no reason to ever visit Florida.
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