How do they enforce the HOV rules when the highways are jammed? Robo-cameras?
The HOV violation fines are (were) enormous, so they had no problem funding enforcement. With the switch to HOT the fine revenue will drop since many people who cheated would pay even large fines if they were caught and don’t mind paying $40. Before the large fines came, there were people who cheated daily and paid the small fines.
Yes; the toll is collected electronically as you drive underneath several gantries that are loaded with electronic equipment, including cameras that snap your car’s picture. If you don’t have an “E-Z Pass” toll transponder affixed to the inside of your windshield, the state will send you a bill which includes roughly a $12 penalty plus the toll.
I think that if people here in northern Virginia had known prior to the November election what Terry McAwful had in store for us, they would have never voted out the GOP members of the House of Delegates.