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Not to mention it can cost quite a bit of money to collect these tolls/taxes!

• jackson1442 6y ago
  In places like Texas it’s mostly a solved problem, everyone either has a toll transponder on their windshield or uses Pay By Mail, which just reads your plates as you drive through the gate. No stopping, no slowing down at all. You can go through these gates at 120mph and it’ll still catch you (and won’t even write you a speeding ticket). Paying cash isn’t even an option anymore.
  • lotsofpulp 6y ago
    It’s solved even better in Canada. All toll plazas are reading license plates, regardless of a transponder. Just send a bill to the owner of the license plate. No need for a transponder.
    • kortilla 5y ago
      That’s... worse. Why should the person who gets the toll bill be locked to the license plate registration?
    • jackson1442 6y ago
      I think most technically do that here, the transponder is more as a backup. With one exception— the DFW airport will only read NTTA tolltags for some reason last I heard. There’s also some interoperability- my Texas TollTag works in Oklahoma and one or two other states so it’s all consolidated with the lower rate. Those with TollTag accounts pay a lower rate on toll roads as it acts more like a gift card than a bill, it just autoreloads each time your balance gets low. Another cool thing is that some parking garages can read your TollTag if you let them to open the gate for you. It doesn’t bill you, it just acts as an access card if you have a standing agreement with the garage owner (you can see this at UT Austin for permit holders).