plenzmd1 Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Teddy KGB said: Local bridge here is taking me to the woodshed for 700.00 over a handful of trips across the bridge with some ungodly late fees. Paying 106.00 for one trip across in 2016. Anyone else ever get fleeced with insane charges due to late toll payments ? I know they are having a butt load of trouble with the new system over the Grand Island bridge...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 40 minutes ago, row_33 said: I know what the capital of Assyria is The only ‘capital’ the toll cops are interested in is Teddy’s.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 24 minutes ago, Boyst62 said: $35 iirc. I was just up there and considered crossing it but $70 to go over and back didn't sound good unless I knew I could get a U-eey on the other side before the toll. Holy shi... That be expensive! 13 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I know they are having a butt load of trouble with the new system over the Grand Island bridge... ??? That's E-ZPass. My I-Pass (Illinois) even works on the G.Island Bridges since it is part of the E-ZPass system.
Teddy KGB Posted December 13, 2018 Author Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Come on man. Pay by plate? Three words: Slee-Z-Pass Don’t trust em. Had it but fees kept flowing in that seemed excessive bring back the buckets ! Edited December 13, 2018 by Teddy KGB
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Teddy KGB said: Don’t trust em. Had it but fees kept flowing in that seemed excessive bring back the buckets ! Curiosity: what state are you in? I purchased mine in PA, and the fee is 5 bucks a year.
teef Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 40 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Come on man. Pay by plate? Three words: Slee-Z-Pass they actually took my pass away from me for going too fast through the tolls. 6 months and a fine.
plenzmd1 Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 44 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Holy shi... That be expensive! ??? That's E-ZPass. My I-Pass (Illinois) even works on the G.Island Bridges since it is part of the E-ZPass system. all the toll booths are gone now...even people with the pass are getting cgarged sometimes $97.00 instead of $.97 . And horror stories about people switching lanes etc .. And GI residents have had a devil of a time getting the right amount discounted..i think they pay $.08 a trip it is funny to watch all the motorcycles pop wheelies over the camera range to avoid paying
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, teef said: they actually took my pass away from me for going too fast through the tolls. 6 months and a fine. Amazing since I've never even been warned and I'm a serious toll booth speed violator lol
Teddy KGB Posted December 13, 2018 Author Posted December 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Curiosity: what state are you in? I purchased mine in PA, and the fee is 5 bucks a year. NOVA VA
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Teddy KGB said: NOVA VA Do they charge more than five bucks a year?
Marv's Neighbor Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 Last December, we arrived at Washington Dulles, and it was snowing. Normally avoid the Capital Beltway, and DC mess but because of the weather, we decided that it may be the best/safest way to Richmond. Drove the Express lanes, but it cost about $55. Fair enough, it was our choice BUT what do the people do that have to do that every day to get to/from work?
Teddy KGB Posted December 13, 2018 Author Posted December 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Do they charge more than five bucks a year? I was referring to the charges for tolls etc that seemed excessive and hard to track
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 Just now, Teddy KGB said: I was referring to the charges for tolls etc that seemed excessive and hard to track I find that incredible. My commute, as it is, involves five different toll collections per day. Never once had a stray, oddball charge on there. Maybe you had a faulty unit?
Teddy KGB Posted December 13, 2018 Author Posted December 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Joe in Winslow said: Maybe you had a faulty unit? 4
teef Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Amazing since I've never even been warned and I'm a serious toll booth speed violator lol it happened years ago when i lived in buffalo. the bad thing was that the bill/violations were being sent to my parent's house, (i was in school) so i never knew it was suspended. every time i went through, it was a violation, and was dinged for it.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: all the toll booths are gone now...even people with the pass are getting cgarged sometimes $97.00 instead of $.97 . And horror stories about people switching lanes etc .. And GI residents have had a devil of a time getting the right amount discounted..i think they pay $.08 a trip it is funny to watch all the motorcycles pop wheelies over the camera range to avoid paying Yikes!!!
Saxum Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 Got fined for no toll when I clearly had a toll collector gizmo on my car. My wife and I both have one but she decided she did not need it and I had it in my glove compartment to return for deposit. When I called I stated they were mistaken in that I had a gizmo and account shows that it is collecting on same day they stated I did not pay so they did some research and stated a different gizmo was checked and rather than checking the gizmo mounted in proper place, only place it is supposed to look for it the checking machine found the gizmo in glove compartment. Their answer was while they only guarantee it will find one mounted in another place it will occasionally find another one if it is in same vehicle something which is not listed in instructions. I went to office to talk to them and get deposit back and was told for some BS that I could not get deposit back so I told them I was going to give it to someone who wants to experiment on ways to manipulate system and I was told that was illegal so I told them that was not in agreement I signed as long as you refuse to give me deposit it is mine to do with what I want with it.
Mark80 Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 This is a problem around here too for the Grand Island bridges. The company they outsourced this too is coming under heavy fire for charging extreme late fees, like $50 for a $1 toll or something along those lines (at times without ever billing people the original toll via the mail as they are supposed to). They claim its because people don't have accurate addresses on file with the DMV. I'm calling BS. Luckily, I have an ez pass that automatically gets funded so I never run out and never get billed by the cash-less toll systems. But in general, their technology is not up to speed with the amount of traffic they handle and I would not at all be surprised if there is a class action law suit on this in the near future.
Boca BIlls Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: No. I just pay my tolls to the toll troll when I cross his bridge. Got to pay the troll toll if you want to get into that... I mean if you dont want late fees. Edited December 13, 2018 by Boca BIlls 1
row_33 Posted December 13, 2018 Posted December 13, 2018 our Highway 407 charges by the kilometer and by exit/entrance (unless you get a transponder for $25 a year) many in my life on principle despise it and won't use it (good!) no problems with billing over the last 20 or so years only once in 20 years have i sat still for more than a minute due to traffic, one of the best things for distance travel away from Toronto
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