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Man, I drove through Chicago recently and all their toll booths are cash only. I hope this change goes nation wide fast
by SurrealSoul 9y ago
Man, I drove through Chicago recently and all their toll booths are cash only. I hope this change goes nation wide fast
- ams6110 9y agoWhat?? I'm sure there are still cash booths yes, but they all take I-PASS now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Pass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Pass
- pmorici 9y agoNa, the whole north east United States uses an active RFID transponder system that is compatible from Illinois all the way to the east coast and from Maine all the way down to North Carolina. You just stop in at any store in IL that sells the, many grocery stores do, and buy the transponder for $10 and link it to your credit card. In IL it is called "i-Pass" in other states it is called EZ-Pass but it is all the same thing and inter-operates.
- ghaff 9y agoThat water's way past the bridge. The strong trend is hugely toward eliminating all cash at toll booths. It's also largely academic from a privacy perspective because they're taking pictures of your license plate anyway.
- AskewEgret 9y agoYes, exactly. The toll roads in Illinois aren't actually cash-only. They just don't accept credit cards at the toll booth because of the long transaction times. If you want to pay by credit card, just go through the toll booth. You get 7 days to pay via credit card or personal check with no penalty! [1] https://www.illinoistollway.com/tolling-information/unpaid-tolls https://www.illinoistollway.com/tolling-information/unpaid-t...
- aidenn0 9y agoThey had electronic tollbooths (fasToll or EZPass or whatever) when I last drove through there around 2003. Definitely not cash only. Interestingly enough you cannot pay cash or credit on some toll roads in southern California now. If you don't have one of those transponders, then you pay online, and they enforce with license plate scanners.