How does that work if someone doesn’t have EZ Pass?
"'Big Brother' is watching you!"
The Mark of the Beast... "don't leave home without it!"
The real question about all this is DID THEY FIRE THE TOLL BOOTH PERSONNEL then? Or just put them off on other trumped up jobs?
More unemployment for Ethiopians
The toll both collectors in Maine and New Hampshire are friendly whereas the Mass. ones are downright unpleasant.
Soon to be installed on all highways that were never toll roads before. Nothing but a money machine for the state. The MassPike toll booths were supposed to be removed years ago when the original bonds were paid off.
Texas has had the EZ Pass system for several years. It works pretty smoothly and if you buy the pass it’s cheaper than paying by the billing system. My daughters car is in my name, so I get billed for hers and pay it online.
Well, they finally kept their promise to take down the toll booths when the bonds were paid off. I’m so happy $40.00 won’t disappear from my checking account every two weeks.
Huh, what’s that you say?
NY needs to do this. Cuomo the elder told us the thruway would eventually be a freeway. HA! Those toll takers are union jobs starting at 45K with complete NYS pension and benefits. Another useless gov’t job.
The thruway roads are crap. What has eight wheels and sleeps five? A DOT truck.
I asked my local do-noting rep, how are you going to mail a bill to the thousands who are using fake plates? Her answer was that they plan to weed those people out. When I inquired if they intended to use the gathered data in law enforcement she backtracked and claimed not to know.
Here in Oklahoma we’ve had a similar system for years. In fact, pass holders (called PikePass in Okla) actually pay a lower toll than those who stop at the booths and pay cash, about 10% lower.
Are they going to have cameras/detectors with time stamps at both ends of the tollway so they can nail more people for speed violations?
Because it is a toll road there are usually several miles between off ramps, limiting access to local areas. This prevents potential development along the highway for the benefit of government greed. Get rid of the tolls, add ramps.