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A view of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza in 2008. The center and right toll booths are labeled "Fastrak Only", while the left toll booth accepts cash and Fastrak. Cash payment was phased out during the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced with license plate tolling, and now all booths read "Fastrak or Invoice" other than the HOV lane.
Users were able to use the app to manage up to 10 vehicles, track their toll expenses, plan trips, monitor pending toll charges, and offset their carbon footprint with a single account. Offered violation protection to protect against toll authority violation tickets. Owned by parent company Kapsch. Offered a pay-as-you-go option and memberships.
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
The Non-Resident Violator Compact (NRVC) is a United States interstate compact used by 44 states and Washington, D.C. to process traffic citations across state borders.. When a motorist is cited in another member state and chooses not to respond to a moving violation (such as not paying a ticket), the other state notifies the driver's home state and the home state will suspend the driver's ...
The “8” on the plate in the toll booth photos was actually a “9” that had been altered to look like an “8.” This is a common tactic used to create “ghost plates,” especially in ...
As of July 2024, both gantries and the northbound exit and southbound entrance at Portola Parkway-North use a variable pricing scheme based on the time of day for FasTrak users (it is not truly congestion priced because toll rates come from a preset schedule and are not based on actual congestion); non-FasTrak drivers must pay the maximum toll ...
According to Shouse California Law Group, a violation of California Vehicle Code 4000 can be charged as an infraction. You can be fined $280, not including additional fees and court costs.
Many toll roads have implemented open road tolling which eliminates the need to stop at toll booths. Toll roads, especially near the East Coast, are often called turnpikes; the term turnpike originated from pikes, which were long sticks that blocked passage until the fare was paid and the pike turned at a toll house (or toll booth in current ...