EZ Pass issues
We just got back from our cross country trip from RI to South Dakota. Our ez pass worked sometimes and other times we would get a yellow light stating to contact EZ pass. Other times we would stuck ...
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suprz wrote:
crossing a bridge over the Hudson river in NY. The attendant came over asked for the actual transponder... I told her it was on the license plate and I could give her all the info from the official EZ pass paperwork that I had with me. She was a witch
Man they are the meanest toll enforcement people on the planet. I got caught at a gate at the Tri Boro Bridge one day. When the gate wouldn't go up, I looked up to grab my EZ Pass and it wasn't there. I had taken it out and put it in another car. Some guy with a badge came over and yelled at me for what seemed like an eternity before he opened the gate and motioned angrily for me to pull off to the side. After telling me he could have my vehicle towed, could write me a bunch of tickets, etc. and so on, he let me pay him and I got a receipt.
I would definitely look into the roof-mounted transponder if you're having trouble with the license plate-mounted one. I could see how the overhang on your C would cause issues with windshield mounted placement. Around here, the high-speed EZ pass receivers are mounted up in the air and I'm pretty sure the toll booth ones are, too.
See this from the NY Thruway people:
"The FME transponder is recommended for trucks, buses, coaches, RVs, and other classes of large commercial vehicles. FME transponders programmed for Rooftop mount on the roof of the vehicle only."
http://www.thruway.ny.gov/commercial/ezpass/tag-mounting.html
I don't know about your "C", but here in NJ my "A" required a commercial account.
