EZ-Pass
Can someone explain how this works in general when towing? Is it cheaper in the long run? I just signed up and had to get a commercial pass cause CT requires combination plates on pick-ups. They are s...
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Tvov wrote:
I got EZPass transponders from New Jersey. I entered the vehicles that would be using them, and the fact one pickup truck (F250, registered as combination in Connecticut) tows a camper sometimes. No issues, I check the statements, and all charges look to be correct and non-commercial. My account with New Jersey gives me up to 4 transponders on the same account at no extra charge.
EZPass does give a decent "discount" for some areas, and especially on bridges. I was traveling somewhere with my F250 and didn't have the EZPass with me, and got charged with the new photo / mail system (may have been in Mass). On the bill, it pointed out that if I had used my EZPass the tolls would have been about a 1/3 less for at least one bridge (I forget the exact numbers).
Then I thought... if the photo system tracks my truck and sends a bill, why can't it just look up that I do in fact have an EZPass account, and just use that account?
Then I realized that all those scifi movies from years ago about the government watching you are coming true....
The photo method probably still needs a person to look it over for accuracy so they'd rather not have to.
Being a west coaster, none of this sounds very EZ to me.
