Florida Toll Road Bills

[rdmike]

Our class A and toad have SD plates on them and our domicile is SD. Last year we went to Florida and used the turnpikes a bit but never received a bill in the mail. Is this common? Is their someplace I can check to make sure nothing is owed? Don't mind paying and surely don't want to get stopped saying I didn't pay. We are in Thailand this time of the year so phone calls and being placed on hold is not an option. Thanks for any help.

[rdmike]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

rdmike wrote:
I just sent florida an email with my tag number.

I have a really bad mail forwarder in SD , the address where the vehicles are registered. They dont tell you if you have any mail, you have to request the mail and spend big money to send whatever is in your mailbox. Right out of the 60's. (Do your research!)

I have almost all mail sent to my forwarder in Houston, which works real well. They scan on arrival so you can give instructions to trash or forward. I understand their are other good ones in SD that do this, time for a change.

Thanks for the help.

Who do you have for mail forwarding service in SD?

Americas Mailbox.

[creeper]

Yes it's common. If they don't get a good read then you get no bill. If you're towing a car and they don't get the coaches plate, no bill. I spent a month going through tolls in Florida and got only on $2 bill. It was the only one that go a read on the coaches plate and it was barely.

[Just_Wandering_]

Also have SD plates. SD doesn't give the info to them, as they are a private co. If it was run by the state or was law enforcement they would. I ran into that 3yrs ago and drove myself nuts. Was involved in accident last year Trp.run ran my info all was good. I would say not to worry. I hope your mail is not inMadison SD.

[tomkaren13]

In the near future all toll roads in Florida will be either SunPass or Pay by plate.(Bill sent) It is recommended that you keep records as mistakes "can" be made.

[Old-Biscuit]

rdmike wrote:
I just sent florida an email with my tag number.

I have a really bad mail forwarder in SD , the address where the vehicles are registered. They dont tell you if you have any mail, you have to request the mail and spend big money to send whatever is in your mailbox. Right out of the 60's. (Do your research!)

I have almost all mail sent to my forwarder in Houston, which works real well. They scan on arrival so you can give instructions to trash or forward. I understand their are other good ones in SD that do this, time for a change.

Thanks for the help.

Who do you have for mail forwarding service in SD?

[lanerd]

Toll roads? What are toll roads? Here in the west we call roads "free" ways.

Ron

[gbopp]

If they just send a bill for the toll, that's no problem.
A few years ago my DW got into the EZ-Pass lane at a Pennsylvania Turnpike exit.
An attendant told her to just proceed through the gate (couldn't back up because of several cars behind her) and they would send her a bill.
A couple weeks later we got the bill in the mail, along with a fine for Toll Evasion.
I got the fine dropped, the attendant was wrong.

[rdmike]

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
If you are concerned about phoning from Thailand why not use Skype to phone. Crazy cheap.

We do use SKYPE. Just a real pain with time differences and such (12 hours ) we will see if the email works first.

[arhayes]

We were in Florida last year. The tollway we were on had no booths but we received a bill in the mail 3-4 weeks later.

[Jack_Diane_Free]

If you are concerned about phoning from Thailand why not use Skype to phone. Crazy cheap.

[rdmike]

Some we did pay for the coach and toad. There were others that said Sunpass or plate photo and we send you a bill.

I should be more clear. These were locations that have no toll booth and have big signs that say do not stop.

[edatlanta]

Are you saying you can drive through the e-pass lanes without a pass and they will mail you the toll based on your tag number? Sounds good, but not sure I would feel comfortable doing it. I drove the Florida Turnpike to Orlando and back north when visiting Ft. Wilderness this past December. I just pulled up to the toll booth and paid. Since I don't plan on being back in Florida anytime soon it didn't make sense to get a pass.

[fla-gypsy]

You will need to get this figured out or risk getting stopped or worse next time you're in Florida

[is_it_friday_ye]

I got a bill in the mail from a Florida toll booth when I'm positive I paid. I have never had a Sunpass or drove through one of those lanes. The bill had a photo of my truck. It was the same booth that we drove through several times while staying at Ft. Desoto. It was only a couple dollars and not worth contesting it.