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ghostjmf wrote:to Mass since Mass ripped the tollbooths out.

These are out of state drivers, of course. The instate scofflaws will just get their plates revoked, or whatever.

Brilliant idea, Gov Baker, whom everybody but me loves, polls say.

Baker has fielded the idea of placing those electronic tolling wands wherever people drive. Cause he can.

But out-of-staters, who would have had to pay at the disappeared booths, just aren't paying.

Bob Juch wrote:

ghostjmf wrote:to Mass since Mass ripped the tollbooths out.

These are out of state drivers, of course. The instate scofflaws will just get their plates revoked, or whatever.

Brilliant idea, Gov Baker, whom everybody but me loves, polls say.

Baker has fielded the idea of placing those electronic tolling wands wherever people drive. Cause he can.

But out-of-staters, who would have had to pay at the disappeared booths, just aren't paying.

Are you saying they don't even try to collect? They should at least report to the credit bureaus.

bazodee wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

ghostjmf wrote:to Mass since Mass ripped the tollbooths out.

These are out of state drivers, of course. The instate scofflaws will just get their plates revoked, or whatever.

Brilliant idea, Gov Baker, whom everybody but me loves, polls say.

Baker has fielded the idea of placing those electronic tolling wands wherever people drive. Cause he can.

But out-of-staters, who would have had to pay at the disappeared booths, just aren't paying.

Are you saying they don't even try to collect? They should at least report to the credit bureaus.

A bit problematic since you don't know who was actually driving. All you know is who owns the vehicle.

jaybee wrote:We went through Atlanta just over a week ago - they have a new system of bypass toll roads. We saw them clearly marked that you needed some kind of "Peach" pass (It's Atlanta, gonna have peaches in there somewhere). Anyway, that made sense as we figured it was set up on some kind of scan your sticker thing.

However, on the way back home we were stuck in traffic and noticed that the expressway now had a lighted up section saying that the toll was 50 cents. With a brief discussion both the Mrs and I figured that they had the option of opening it up for a pay system to alleviate traffic when it was really bad. Made sense at the time and the kicker was we had 50 cents right there in the console. So we took the bypass, all while I was holding two quarters in my hand waiting for the toss-it-in type toll booth. For those of you who know Atlanta you'll know that this never happened. We were totally confused when after about 8 miles we merged back into the regular 75 north traffic.

Only after we got home and did some Googling did we learn that it is only a Peach pass system and the toll feature is because the toll fluctuates depending on the level of traffic. That's something we'd never heard of before. We don't have toll roads in Tennessee and it had been a while since we went through Atlanta.

So I can understand that some out of state drivers do not pay. I'm sure that some are just trying to beat the system but for some of us - we just didn't
know how the system worked.

bazodee wrote:

jaybee wrote:We went through Atlanta just over a week ago - they have a new system of bypass toll roads. We saw them clearly marked that you needed some kind of "Peach" pass (It's Atlanta, gonna have peaches in there somewhere). Anyway, that made sense as we figured it was set up on some kind of scan your sticker thing.

However, on the way back home we were stuck in traffic and noticed that the expressway now had a lighted up section saying that the toll was 50 cents. With a brief discussion both the Mrs and I figured that they had the option of opening it up for a pay system to alleviate traffic when it was really bad. Made sense at the time and the kicker was we had 50 cents right there in the console. So we took the bypass, all while I was holding two quarters in my hand waiting for the toss-it-in type toll booth. For those of you who know Atlanta you'll know that this never happened. We were totally confused when after about 8 miles we merged back into the regular 75 north traffic.

Only after we got home and did some Googling did we learn that it is only a Peach pass system and the toll feature is because the toll fluctuates depending on the level of traffic. That's something we'd never heard of before. We don't have toll roads in Tennessee and it had been a while since we went through Atlanta.

So I can understand that some out of state drivers do not pay. I'm sure that some are just trying to beat the system but for some of us - we just didn't
know how the system worked.

At the moment, there are only two sections of interstate in Georgia that have a Peach Pass lane. Sounds like you were south of Atlanta on I-75. That lane in the center is reversible and the price fluctuates, though both times I've used it were 50 cents. You have a bar code sticker stuck to your windshield- that's what is being read. North Carolina and Florida passes are also valid in Georgia.

There is a new section of toll road scheduled to open around Labor Day. It's on I-75 north of Atlanta, possibly the most congested roadway in the South. Those tollways are built on the side of the interstate and not reversible, but will also have variable pricing.