Robot Tolls - At My Limit!

04fxsts wrote:
Probably ten or so years ago I got a bill for a toll from a license plate reader in Ney York state. I have never been in NYS and don't ever plan to be there, sent a letter explaining that back to NYS. They were not convinced and sent another letter saying I would be charged a $25.00 PENALY IF NOT PAID.
At that time I lived in Illinois and the DMV's were no help, couldn't help me. NY now sent a picture of the plates taken at the toll station. The plate number was the same number of a vehicle I had owned in the past. I was able to find a picture of the old "CAR" clearly showing the plate as a passenger car plate. The picture from NY clearly showed the plate was from a class "B" truck and obviously not the same.
Turns out Illinois uses the same numbers on different class plates only with the class shown on plate. I sent both sets of pictures back to NY with an explanation and an invoice for $25.00 for wasting my time and educating them on Illinois licensing system. Never heard anything back from them. Jim.

To me, that’s one of the most annoying parts. I’m not retired. I have a lot to do. A lot of projects going on. Full-time work. And these people are eating up my time, because they can’t get their acts together.

I think that’s part of what they rely on. In your situation, many people would have just paid the $25. That’s how they steal from us. They know $25 is worth less than hours of time so they likely get paid 90% of the time for false charges like yours. Mine too. I should be paying $14. However, I’m paying $24 to waste less time.

It also says right on the bill if you disagree and want to fight it, you have to go back to that state to do so. To appear in court. That’s how they steal from us.

A lot of people go through these tolls so it’s a significant source of revenue.

We, as travelers with RVs are especially vulnerable to this