EZpass violation - what to expect?

[Anonymous]

Google maps steered me onto 66 this morning and I didn’t have my transponder. What kind of bill can I expect?

[Anonymous]

This site tells you how to pay a missed toll and avoid fines:

http://66expresslanes.org/toll_questions/

[Anonymous]

Go here and pay before you get the penalties: https://www.tollroadsinvirginia.com/MissedToll/FindMissedToll/

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I did this by mistake also. I was driving my son’s car and forgot he doesn’t have a transponder. All I received was a bill to pay the toll. If I didn’t pay it on time I would have been charged a fine. This was MD, though. I’m not sure how VA works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go here and pay before you get the penalties: https://www.tollroadsinvirginia.com/MissedToll/FindMissedToll/

Yeah, I found this on an old thread, I think, when I had a rental car with a transponder that didn't work. Avoided the penalty plus the fees the rental car company would have imposed.

[Anonymous]

I just call. Sometimes they don't make me pay at all

[Anonymous]

If you license plate matches your account and there's a clear picture of your car, they just bill you like normal. I think it's automated these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you license plate matches your account and there's a clear picture of your car, they just bill you like normal. I think it's automated these days.

+ 1. THIS. so long as your license plate is registered to your transponder it will automatically be billed to your account as sometimes the transponder does fail to capture the toll.

[Anonymous]

I would be so lost and pissed driving in VA. So much tolls.

[Anonymous]

We are moving to VA and we spent a couple of days exploring DC and NoV area during Christmas break. We are from a different state and we never needed an EZpass, so...we got stuck on 66. Had to pull over and figure how to buy a transponder without having to go to DMV -luckily we were able to buy one from a Giant store. Because we have a child who plays ice hockey, we tested drive to the ice rink at Reston...turned out it cost $9.5 for a round trip from McLean to Reston!!! So families will have to pay over $170 toll each month for a kid to play the sport? I can't believe this...

Anonymous wrote:I would be so lost and pissed driving in VA. So much tolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are moving to VA and we spent a couple of days exploring DC and NoV area during Christmas break. We are from a different state and we never needed an EZpass, so...we got stuck on 66. Had to pull over and figure how to buy a transponder without having to go to DMV -luckily we were able to buy one from a Giant store. Because we have a child who plays ice hockey, we tested drive to the ice rink at Reston...turned out it cost $9.5 for a round trip from McLean to Reston!!! So families will have to pay over $170 toll each month for a kid to play the sport? I can't believe this...

Anonymous wrote:I would be so lost and pissed driving in VA. So much tolls.

There are other ways to get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be so lost and pissed driving in VA. So much tolls.

and MD doesnt have tolls?

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hwy (I-95): E-ZPass Tag toll $6.00 cash toll $8.00
Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $6.00 cash toll $8.00
Chesapeake Bay Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $2.50 cash toll $4.00
Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $4.50 cash toll $6.00
William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $4.00 cash toll $6.00
Francis Scott Key Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00
Fort McHenry Tunnel: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00

[Anonymous]

Make sure you keep and save the receipt. This happened to me. I paid. A couple months later got a letter from a lawyer demanding $106. Lol no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be so lost and pissed driving in VA. So much tolls.

and MD doesnt have tolls?

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hwy (I-95): E-ZPass Tag toll $6.00 cash toll $8.00
Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $6.00 cash toll $8.00
Chesapeake Bay Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $2.50 cash toll $4.00
Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $4.50 cash toll $6.00
William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $4.00 cash toll $6.00
Francis Scott Key Bridge: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00
Fort McHenry Tunnel: E-ZPass Tag toll $3.00 cash toll $4.00

None of those are in the DC suburbs. And all involve giant, expensive pieces of infrastructure - bridges and tunnels - that traditionally warrant tolls.