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Fastrak: they would fight it tooth and nail, of course. It's against their economic interest to force a ticket on their customers.
by simonebrunozzi 4y ago
Fastrak: they would fight it tooth and nail, of course. It's against their economic interest to force a ticket on their customers.
- dragonwriter 4y agoYou mean the Department of Transportation that administers Fastrak (and also the CHP), the individual toll agencies, or the contractors that do various aspects of administration like billing and customer service? At least some of them do have a positive interest in traffic enforcement beyond tolls.
- chaboud 4y agoConsidering the revenue incentive behind express lanes, this is likely the reason. The most salesworthy point of buying your way into that lane is so you can go faster than the flow of traffic. Capping that at the speed limit is the same as capping the marginal utility. That said, I use the lanes regularly on my motorcycle, and I've witnessed triple-digit speeds (estimated, as I would never violate the law so egregiously) from vehicles in those lanes. At some point, license plate readers and toll tags tell a tale of recklessly high speed.