Re: Toll roads

Posted by JD Seller on August 11, 2013 at 09:37:26 from (208.126.196.144):

In Reply to: Toll roads posted by samn40 on August 11, 2013 at 08:20:29:

Here in the USA you either have to exit, stop and pay the toll of have the electronic transponder for the particular toll road you are on.

E-Z pass is one of the companies but it only works in some states. Here is a link to the page with E-Z Pass information as to where it works.

http://www.e-zpassiag.com/about-e-zpass/where-can-i-use-it

I-Pass is Illinois system and is accepted in 15 states. Here is that list:

•Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority
•Burlington County Bridge Commission
•Delaware Department of Transportation
•Delaware River and Bay Authority
•Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
•Delaware River Port Authority
•Illinois Tollway
•Indiana Toll Road Concession Company, LLC
•Massachusetts Department of Transportation
•Maryland Transportation Authority
•Maine Turnpike Authority
•Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels
•New Hampshire Department of Transportation
•New Jersey Turnpike Authority
•New York State Bridges Authority
•New York State Thruway Authority
•North Carolina Turnpike Authority
•Ohio Turnpike Commission
•Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
•Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
•Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
•Skyway Concession Company
•South Jersey Transportation Authority
•Virginia Department of Transportation
•West Virginia Parkway Authority

There are some systems that only accept their own transponders. Texas has one of these in Dallas if I remember correctly.

The toll roads over here are owned by many different entities. Several states have sold/leased their toll roads for short term budget issues. So the toll road is owned by a private company and that company pays the state/city that owns the road.

There is not a USA wide system that allows you to go on all of the toll roads and not stop. The fees/fines are many times the cost of the toll. Unless you are traveling in the North-Eastern states, you can avoid the toll road and stick to the non toll roads and still make good time traveling.

So your choices are:
1) Stop and just pay the tolls.
2) Find out which toll roads you will be using and sign up an prepay for a transponder system that works on the roads you are traveling.
3) Keep paying the penalties and extra fees by driving through the tolls. Keep in mind you can be stopped and ticketed by law enforcement when you drive through a toll without paying. They do setup and do this at times too. The delay will be much longer than paying the toll. You could have the entire car and all the people in it searched. I do mean all things taken out and searched right there.
4)Plan your route to avoid the toll roads and toll bridges.

There is no simple way other than to just stop and pay as you go.

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• Re: Toll roads John A. 11:08:00 08/11/13 (0)

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