E-Z Pass Mounting

[schlep1967]

Never used one on the bike but I have used a borrowed one in the cage. Just laying on the dash worked fine, however, if it got moved to the front of the dash where it was under a windshield wiper it did not work. Make sure there is no metal near the unit.

on Birfl's link.

 

[st1300r]

So yeah, they do know when you are switching vehicles.

Big Brother is watching Anyone know about the "black boxes" they have been installing in a number of cars for the last few years?

They photo you going thru the toll with a successful scan or a failed one. The fine goes to the owner of the tag not the plate number. iirc you can have 3 vehicles associated with a transponder on ez-pass but it's pretty easy to switch them on line.

Yeah they were pretty quiet about the black boxes in cars...

 

[bromaninpan]

what is this ez pass? In TN and never heard of before.

 

[Tom Mac 04a]

what is this ez pass? In TN and never heard of before.

E-ZPass? is an electronic toll collection system, which takes cash, coins and toll tickets out of the toll collection process. Instead, drivers establish an account, prepay tolls and attach a small electronic device to their vehicles. Tolls are automatically deducted from the prepaid account as an E-ZPass? customer passes through the toll lane. For additional information, download an E-ZPass? Guidebook.

 

[Blue STreak]

In Texas, it has always been illegal to move the device between vehicles. You must have one specific tag for each vehicle and you must "register" that vehicle by make, model, color and license plate number. Doing otherwise "may result in a fine."

Interesting. In Virginia, you don't HAVE to register. But if you don't, and the tag fails to read, you get fined. If your vehicle is registered, and your tag doesn't register (or you forget to put it in the car), then they just add the toll amount to your bill. A strong incentive to register.

You can register as many vehicles as you want (well, at least up to four, I haven't tried more) on the same tag. You do have to provide make, model, and tag for each. You can even temporarily register a rental car if you want.

 

[st1300r]

what is this ez pass? In TN and never heard of before.

It goes by different names in different places.
Yours may be platepass i-pass or something else if you have it.

 

[Stook]

Interesting. In Virginia, you don't HAVE to register. But if you don't, and the tag fails to read, you get fined. If your vehicle is registered, and your tag doesn't register (or you forget to put it in the car), then they just add the toll amount to your bill. A strong incentive to register.

You can register as many vehicles as you want (well, at least up to four, I haven't tried more) on the same tag. You do have to provide make, model, and tag for each. You can even temporarily register a rental car if you want.

It looks like the plan in Texas has always been to make all toll roads function without toll collectors (automated or other). Many of the new toll roads do not have tollbooths at all but for now all of those I've traveled on do still use the tag sensors for those with tolltaqs. The incentive for having a tolltag is that if you do have one your toll is discounted enough to make it well worth your while to get one and use it if you use tollroads often.

The only warning to those who are not local or who may not be familiar with the area they are in that they are about to incur a charge for using the new tollroads is a "notice" sign posted at each onramp advising any who dare enter that "this is a toll road" and "keep moving we will bill you." They read and record your license plate number, look you up in the database and send you an invoice.

So, how's that for big chunks of your personal information being made available to the foreign companies who are building and/or operating US toll roads these days?