Chef Jim Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 6 hours ago, Boyst62 said: $35 iirc. I was just up there and considered crossing it but $70 to go over and back didn't sound good unless I knew I could get a U-eey on the other side before the toll. Holy hell?!?! I don't feel so bad now about paying $6 a day (only one way toll) to cross the San Mateo bridge on my daily commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) People make simple ***** way too complicated. Get the fast pass and set it up for auto load from your CC. Never worry about it again. Edited December 13, 2018 by KD in CA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: Holy hell?!?! I don't feel so bad now about paying $6 a day (only one way toll) to cross the San Mateo bridge on my daily commute. I'll bet that's longer than the Walt Whitman, which I pay $5 for. But then again I do $1.50 for the ACX and about $9 a day for the PA turnpike too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I live in a free state and don't pay for any of that *****. Stars and bars forever, *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, Boyst62 said: I live in a free state and don't pay for any of that *****. Stars and bars forever, *****. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 9 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: Assur? Nineveh, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Limeaid said: Got fined for no toll when I clearly had a toll collector gizmo on my car. My wife and I both have one but she decided she did not need it and I had it in my glove compartment to return for deposit. When I called I stated they were mistaken in that I had a gizmo and account shows that it is collecting on same day they stated I did not pay so they did some research and stated a different gizmo was checked and rather than checking the gizmo mounted in proper place, only place it is supposed to look for it the checking machine found the gizmo in glove compartment. Their answer was while they only guarantee it will find one mounted in another place it will occasionally find another one if it is in same vehicle something which is not listed in instructions. I went to office to talk to them and get deposit back and was told for some BS that I could not get deposit back so I told them I was going to give it to someone who wants to experiment on ways to manipulate system and I was told that was illegal so I told them that was not in agreement I signed as long as you refuse to give me deposit it is mine to do with what I want with it. 2 hours ago, KD in CA said: People make simple ***** way too complicated. Get the fast pass and set it up for auto load from your CC. Never worry about it again. Richie Rich over here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 12 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: Local bridge here is taking me to the woodshed for 700.00 over a handful of trips across the bridge with some ungodly late fees. Paying 106.00 for one trip across in 2016. Anyone else ever get fleeced with insane charges due to late toll payments ? We got snagged on one Chicago toll in October... we "thought" we had got them all, but missed one. I forgot how much that was. If we had had our ezpass it never would have happened (rental, unexpected drive home from Wisconsin). Chicago has been our big area of toll fines, and it only happens when we don't have the ez-pass on us. Around Denver, there is a crazy stretch of tolls we got a buncha fines on a few years back. I swear we never even saw any notice that there were tolls and we got a "nice" bill in the mail. There are a few places in Florida with "peek time" tolls that can run 2 bucks a mile (I gotta dig out the old sun pass as we are heading south again next month). But for marked, clear tolls there is a stretch in Oklahoma we went through about 6-7 years ago... something like $15 for 100 miles, no peek time, just a crazy toll rate. I cannot imagine what it is today. And people B word about NYS tolls. SMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Get a GhostPlate: https://www.ghostplate.com Yeah... But two plates will cost you 800 bucks... $399 each... LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 hours ago, Boyst62 said: I live in a free state and don't pay for any of that *****. Stars and bars forever, *****. Sorry to confuse you with facts but your **** state has tolls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Expressway I know for I own property there until end of month in Concord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: Richie Rich over here ? You want Richie Rich, I paid for the Rich Guy Expressway while driving through Virginia last summer! I have long fantasized about alternate, pay for traffic-free highways and lo and behold, it actually exists!! How else you gonna get from DC to Williamsburg on a weekday afternoon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 50 minutes ago, Limeaid said: Sorry to confuse you with facts but your **** state has tolls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Expressway I know for I own property there until end of month in Concord. I know that but that's the hoity toity fake North Carolina where the classy people drive the Kia's and shop at Target. That ain't the guy rack, aching back, overtaxed, flag wavin', fun lovin' crowd that I love. Which part of Concord, btw? Some good land there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Boyst62 said: I know that but that's the hoity toity fake North Carolina where the classy people drive the Kia's and shop at Target. That ain't the guy rack, aching back, overtaxed, flag wavin', fun lovin' crowd that I love. Which part of Concord, btw? Some good land there. Snowflakes need to sack up! ? Not sure about the "Guy Rack", but to each their own. Not that there is anything wrong with that... But no thanks. LoL Edited December 14, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Just now, ExiledInIllinois said: Snowflakes need to sack up! ? Not sure about the "Guy Rack", but to each their own. Not that there is anything wrong with that... But no thanks. LoL Gun rack It's a Garth Brooks song. Ask Gugny. He has to know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Boyst62 said: Gun rack It's a Garth Brooks song. Ask Gugny. He has to know it. I know. Just hope they can reach for it with that aching back. Maybe Garth should team up with Paula Cole, plenty of achy breaky backs and overtaxed Deplorable Snowflakes: "...Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor How do you take your coffee my sweet I will raise the children If you pay all the bills Where is my John Wayne Where is my prairie song Where is my happy ending Where have all the cowboys gone..." ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I know. Just hope they can reach for it with that aching back. Maybe Garth should team up with Paula Cole, plenty of achy breaky backs and overtaxed Deplorable Snowflakes: "...Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor How do you take your coffee my sweet I will raise the children If you pay all the bills Where is my John Wayne Where is my prairie song Where is my happy ending Where have all the cowboys gone..." ? I prefer the treatment from.baby it's cold outside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 18 minutes ago, Boyst62 said: I prefer the treatment from.baby it's cold outside. That makes you a city slicker & coastal elite sympathizer. Hypocrite. Some achy breaky tractor rider you are. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 11 hours ago, KD in CA said: People make simple ***** way too complicated. Get the fast pass and set it up for auto load from your CC. Never worry about it again. It certainly makes life easier. I hated the old days of trying to find the exact change to match up with the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 12:42 AM, Boyst62 said: I know that but that's the hoity toity fake North Carolina where the classy people drive the Kia's and shop at Target. That ain't the guy rack, aching back, overtaxed, flag wavin', fun lovin' crowd that I love. Which part of Concord, btw? Some good land there. Never been there. My brother lives in that part of NC north of Charlotte and I am just the banker for his houses. He borrows from me rather than bank and I get more than I would in savings. He fixes them up and rents but in this case he is selling it before end of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 17 hours ago, Limeaid said: Never been there. My brother lives in that part of NC north of Charlotte and I am just the banker for his houses. He borrows from me rather than bank and I get more than I would in savings. He fixes them up and rents but in this case he is selling it before end of year. If you're ever down in the area let me know. I'm tolerable enough to grab a beer with and generally clean enough & well behaved to go out in the big cities. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 1:51 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: That makes you a city slicker & coastal elite sympathizer. Hypocrite. Some achy breaky tractor rider you are. ? Omg he is trying to rape her!!! Is that what I am supposed to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said: Omg he is trying to rape her!!! Is that what I am supposed to say? No. You're supposed to say: "What the hell is @Boyst62 doing in a suit, living in the city while working the 'Baby it's cold outside angle', isn't that a parole violation?" LoL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 27 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: No. You're supposed to say: "What the hell is @Boyst62 doing in a suit, living in the city while working the 'Baby it's cold outside angle', isn't that a parole violation?" LoL... I am not and never been on parole. ??♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 1:51 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: That makes you a city slicker & coastal elite sympathizer. Hypocrite. Some achy breaky tractor rider you are. ? I swear SiriusXM has dug through their archives and found every version of BICO ever recorded. Seems I hear it at least once an hour and it's never the same duo singing. Oh, and back on topic, EZ-Pass user here, since around the mid-1990's, never had an issue. I even carry a second one in my traveling bag for times when I needed a rental car at a previous job, so I didn't have to pay the rental company markup for using theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 10:21 AM, Joe in Winslow said: Curiosity: what state are you in? I purchased mine in PA, and the fee is 5 bucks a year. That's a good deal! Do you have to have proof of residency? I'll drive up to York & get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Rico said: That's a good deal! Do you have to have proof of residency? I'll drive up to York & get that. No, I got mine at a turnpike service area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) Is EZ-Pass part of the group? I have EZ-Pass out of New York on 2 of my cars. It works across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, etc... I-Pass is Illinois. I got one, but they hold a $20 deposit and zap $20 when low. EZ-Pass free... Only $15 a pop. Had these well over 15 years... I forgot when Indiana, Ohio, Illinois came online. Indiana Turnpike used to be I-Zoom... But they renamed to EZ-Pass. Oh... WARNING: A few years back, I sent in my expired transponder back to New York. They were refreshing the units with new ones. USE THE FOIL MAILING BAG... OR WRAP IN ALUMINUM FOIL WHEN MAILING. I had no issue with mine I sent back. I use the bag. BUT... The new transponder they sent to me was going off in mail truck! For real! I almost had a cow when I checked my statement. Check your account frequently! Especially when they mail new transponder during a refresh. Really! All the way from NYC service center. Bridges. Thruway. LMAO... Dumbazzes. Something like 30 bucks!!! They reversed the charges/tolls. In matter a fact... That reminds me, checking both Illinois and New York accounts now! Edited December 17, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 2:03 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: I-Pass is Illinois. I got one, but they hold a $20 deposit and zap $20 when low. EZ-Pass free... Only $15 a pop. NY will change the refill amount depending on how much driving you do on toll roads. I used to use the Thruway almost daily for work so my replenishenment amount was up in the $75 range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, Just Jack said: NY will change the refill amount depending on how my driving you do on toll roads. I used to use the Thruway almost daily for work so my replenishenment amount was up in the $75 range. Hence why I turned off auto-replenish. I budget for how much I'm going to use in a month and put that amount plus 10% on the ezpass each month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Joe in Winslow said: Hence why I turned off auto-replenish. I budget for how much I'm going to use in a month and put that amount plus 10% on the ezpass each month. Unfortuately I could not. Some months I’d be on the Thruway every day. Others maybe one week out of four. I’d rather set it and forget it than have to check it every day to see how low my balance is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Just Jack said: Unfortuately I could not. Some months I’d be on the Thruway every day. Others maybe one week out of four. I’d rather set it and forget it than have to check it every day to see how low my balance is. Of course that’s not possible for everyone. But it was a must for me lol Edited December 17, 2018 by Joe in Winslow I hate autocorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 8:03 AM, Teddy KGB said: Local bridge here is taking me to the woodshed for 700.00 over a handful of trips across the bridge with some ungodly late fees. Paying 106.00 for one trip across in 2016. Anyone else ever get fleeced with insane charges due to late toll payments ? If your problem is late fees, you're taking yourself to the cleaner. I thought you were a millionaire. Pay your bills on time and stop blaming others for your problems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Tolls are expensive... These are the five most expensive road tolls: Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway (New York): $1.25 per mile 17 Mile Drive (California): $0.59 per mile Chicago Skyway (Illinois): $0.51 per mile Fort Bend Parkway (Texas): $0.51 per mile Delaware Turnpike (Delaware): $0.29 per mile These are the five most expensive bridge tolls: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Virginia): $30 round trip Verrazano Narrows Bride (New York): $15 one-way George Washington Bridge (New York): $13 one-way Golden Gate Bridge (California): $7 one-way Tacoma Narrows Bridge (California): $5.50 one-way These are the five most expensive toll tunnels: Lincoln and Holland Tunnel (New York): $13 one-way Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (Alaska): $12 one-way Fort McHenry Tunnel (Maryland): $8 round trip Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and Queens Midtown Tunnel (New York): $7.50 one-way The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel has a new fee schedule for 2019 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019 All discounts require E-ZPass Two-axle, four-tire vehicle including passenger car, pick-up truck, panel truck, station wagon, motorcycle (including all attachments), and minibus/van with 15 or less seating capacity; Two-axle, six tire vehicle less than 8’ in height (OFFPEAK) $14.00 (PEAK**) 18.00 *Return trip within 24 hours (OFF PEAK) 6.00 (PEAK**) 2.00 **Peak Season Pricing is Friday thru Sunday during May 15 thru September 15. Off Peak season pricing is all other times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 The Ontario 407 plan to autodeduct from bank accounts has left a few friends hundreds shy through the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Nanker said: Tolls are expensive... These are the five most expensive road tolls: Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway (New York): $1.25 per mile It's only about five miles long though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Gugny said: If your problem is late fees, you're taking yourself to the cleaner. I thought you were a millionaire. Pay your bills on time and stop blaming others for your problems. Mike McD and Worm also took him to the cleaners so he didn't have any toll money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 14 hours ago, row_33 said: The Ontario 407 plan to autodeduct from bank accounts has left a few friends hundreds shy through the years It adds up. Indiana Turnpike built all new rest stops. Gas is more expensive now. I don't stop in Indiana for fuel. Tolls went up from $4.10 straight through to just under $8.00 (forget the exact amount). Ohio went up. NYS is almost doubled. Checking account. My last 3 trips were around $120 added to my account. I gotta start going toll-free (exept for bridges and/tunnel) and start going I-94 to Detroit/Windsor (or Port Huron/Sarnia) and head to BFLo via the Niagara Peninsula! One trip on American side is $40 in tolls (both ways). Bridges/tunnel has to be cheaper. Just do NOT GET FUEL IN ONTARIO! Hell, don't even stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 9:27 AM, plenzmd1 said: I know they are having a butt load of trouble with the new system over the Grand Island bridge... The state put more time and effort into that useless $ 20 million Welcome Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 in New York there was a bill passed to ensure anyone "charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee in the state have the option to be notified by text message or electronic mail that the fee has been charged." It was vetoed by Cuomo. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/cuomo-vetoes-toll-payer-protection-act/1680267814 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCityRoller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 10:39 AM, Joe in Winslow said: Do they charge more than five bucks a year? tolls in the belt way are wayyyy more expensive than the chump change charged in NY EZ pass gets depleted very quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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