Tolls, Pay by plate (from another forum)
Been following the 'pay by plate' thread elsewhere on forum. Don't see how that would work for someone like me. Living in Michigan, we only have a single plate, a rear plate. No front plate. I d...
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When I was shopping around for the 'best deal' on an EZPass, I partially filled out the Illinois Tollway app but didn't complete it (after discovering that the MASS Pass was less (up to 5 transponders at no charge) and a lesser amount in escrow to cover tolls.
About 2 weeks after I failed to compete the Illinois app, I got a nasty letter via e-mail from Illinois telling me I would be fined if I used their IPASS lanes without THEIR transponder. I already the MASS Pass transponders at that time. I chuckled and deleted their nasty gram.
There seems to be no standardization of transponder fees or escrow amounts. The MassPass was the least expensive going in, at least when I got mine last year, it was.
I do know one thing, I prefer a transponder in Illinois. The toll booth employees around Chicago are very rude people.
Thinking back, I remember going on a hunting trip to NM and getting on the Will Rodgers turnpike and getting to the first unattended toll booth and not having any change to toss into the collection basket. They don't take 50 dollar bills... Has to drive around the gate to the tune of sirens and bells and did that twice. When we got to the last toll booth a pretty young lass was there and I explained I had no change and never expected a toll road in the first place. She let me pay the entire toll there and deleted my criminal activities at the other toll booths. In Chicago, I would have been incarcerated.
About 2 weeks after I failed to compete the Illinois app, I got a nasty letter via e-mail from Illinois telling me I would be fined if I used their IPASS lanes without THEIR transponder. I already the MASS Pass transponders at that time. I chuckled and deleted their nasty gram.
There seems to be no standardization of transponder fees or escrow amounts. The MassPass was the least expensive going in, at least when I got mine last year, it was.
I do know one thing, I prefer a transponder in Illinois. The toll booth employees around Chicago are very rude people.
Thinking back, I remember going on a hunting trip to NM and getting on the Will Rodgers turnpike and getting to the first unattended toll booth and not having any change to toss into the collection basket. They don't take 50 dollar bills... Has to drive around the gate to the tune of sirens and bells and did that twice. When we got to the last toll booth a pretty young lass was there and I explained I had no change and never expected a toll road in the first place. She let me pay the entire toll there and deleted my criminal activities at the other toll booths. In Chicago, I would have been incarcerated.
