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Article #7908Re: Car towing charges (CA)
From: jgar the jorrible
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:14
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:14
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AllstonParkingRefugee@hotmail.com wrote: > John David Galt wrote: > > >> (And yet some people still think transponder-only toll roads are a good > > >> idea, even though there are often violation notices sent for vehicles > > >> with a transponder whose license plates are registered on the account.) > > > > > Not here in SoCal. If you have a FasTrak account, and your license > > > plate is on file, they will simply charge your account. One day you > > > won't need a transponder at all - they will just OCR your license > > > plate and either charge your account or send out a violation notice. > > > > That's how it works in the bay area, too. > > Oh, that's how it's *supposed* to work in E-ZPass land. But I've heard > far too many (verifiable) stories of people getting violation notices > with large fines for cars registered on the account with working > transponders properly mounted, that took weeks of wading through > bureaucracy to correct. Adding a rental car company and its collection > agency into the communication chain would make this far worse. > > -Apr You don't need an account or a transponder to be charged. I'm _still_ pissed at them 8 years on: http://groups.google.com/group/ca.driving/browse_thread/thread/da081e58514d3622/26b5269e79723caa?lnk=st&q=fastrak+group%3Aca.driving+author%3Ajoel+author%3Agarry&rnum=4&hl=en#26b5269e79723caa jg -- @home.com is bogus. http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0607_x+2007_noble_m15+left_rear.jpg
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