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When the electronic tolling comes on line there will someone on duty to collect from those without EZ Pass. To all those with the larger rigs and multiple axle trailers ,it might be to your advantage to look into EZ Pass as there is a discount for using it and can be a time saver at a crowded toll. I use it every day on the job and would not go without it. Just remember the EZ pass transponder for your car is different than one set up for tow rig.
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To be honest with you ,that is the first I have heard of it. Sounds like it is the first step of BIG BROTHER forcing you to get EZ Pass.That would never go over in the the Northeast as the lawyers would lined up to protect the people who chose ( for whatever their reason ) not to apply for EZ Pass. Question--- Was this road built with public ( federal or state ) funds ?
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Let's face facts, guys. The new exit has been covered with signs threatening to go "paid" in the near future since it opened two years ago. This didn't catch ANYBODY "by surprise".
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I have no problem with a toll road, but I'm from out of town & don't NEED a frickin EZ pass where I live. How in the HELL can they have a toll road with no OPPORTUNITY to pay, yet fine you (heavily?) if you use their road. Where I come from toll roads have attendants or at least the opportunity to pay.
What about the number of people that will be attending the race in April from out of town in rental cars that don't have an EZ pass. The track literally forces you to use this exit & toll way... This just ain't right. Unk
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Unk, notice how heavily traveled that stretch is? LOL
Gonna take some time to pay for the cameras. I don't remember seeing another vehicle there the two years I've used it.
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E-470, the toll road that runs east of Metro Denver, has camera tolls for those that don't have an in-car toll transponder. Your license plate gets its picture taken at every toll point or exit that has a charge, and they send you a bill in the mail to pay the toll. That rate is 20% more than it would be with the transponder. The drawback with the transponder is they float cash from your bank account to cover the charges before you actually use them - you deposit $35 into the account, and it sits there until you use it. Use it down to a balance (of your money) of $12 (if I remember right), and they automatically take another $35 from your bank account to float until you need to use it.
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I talked to several people that used it not knowing that it was now a toll. They will get a bill if they didn't have a toll sticker. I checked the toll and it was $1 for a regular vehicle and $6 for a rig. That's to go about a 1/2 a mile !!! If your coming for the National Event there is an alternate. If your going east, go to the next exit past hwy 99, turn right, go to the light, then another right. From the west, exit before 99, turn south, then a right at the first light. Of course that could all change if they screw with th traffic control.
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I taled to Seth Angel today at the track about the toll road & his statement to me was that for the national event Texas was going to monitor the traffice flow and any vehicles that didn't have an EZ pass would NOT be billed but that Texas would bill the track. They NEED to be able to use this stretch of road to facilitate traffic flow in and out of the facility.
Those words from the track manager. Unk
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