EZ-Pass

[playoutside]

Originally Posted by hardline

i have been saying for ever that i was going to get one i really don't like that someone has the ability to so what my travel habits are..

I hope you realize you are probably already carrying items that will track you and your driving habits...credit/debit cards, cell phones, blackberry, GPS, etc. Reality is that most of our movements are easily tracked and reported on in this day and age. I know the ezpass records have been used in divorce cases.

[hardline]

Originally Posted by ERJ-145CA

Of course if you are falsely accused of a crime it could be your alibi.

are you saying i am a criminal or something.

Originally Posted by playoutside

I hope you realize you are probably already carrying items that will track you and your driving habits...credit/debit cards, cell phones, blackberry, GPS, etc. Reality is that most of our movements are easily tracked and reported on in this day and age. I know the ezpass records have been used in divorce cases.

i use cash on the highways but i guess i could be track through what cell towers i was near. its silly but i just don't like EZ pass

[Rushski]

Love it, primarily for NH. Occasionally for Maine and the Mass Pikes...

Good at about 30-35 Mph as someone else said...

[deadheadskier]

I have one for work use, but not personal use. Work I put over 50K highway miles per year on my car, so highly necessary.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by I [Hart] Skiing

Who uses it, who doesn't. If not, why not. It is soooo nice for those long distance trips.

I have the Blue EZPass for commercial vehicles..it is definitely nice since my work pays for it. coming back I-95 north from Lake Anna Virginia there's like $15 in tolls. I have had a few times where the transponder didn't work which led to a letter in the mail and a fine but I was able to fight it..It's tough to imagine the days when I would fish for change in my cupholder

[drjeff]

I LOVE the fastlane pass that my wife and I have in our cars. The amount of time it's saved us either heading into Boston, or more regularly either heading to or from VT at the I-84/Mass Pike interchange makes it priceless in my book.

[o3jeff]

For the people saying "I don"t want people to be able to track were I am going" who do you think really cares what toll roads you're taking at at what time other than Ezpass so they can collect money from you? Am I missing something?

[Phillycore]

I have had ezpass now for probably 10 years now.

The thing that sucks is $1.00 month charge (NJ pass)
No discount - Some people get some sort of discount, however I use mine for daily commuting on the DRPA (Philly) bridge system where the only time you get a discount is when you use the same transponder (not account) 20 times in a month, then you get a $18.00 credit to your account.
The thing is that in most months there are 4 work weeks times 5 days (for me) equates to 20 trips per month. Unless there is a holiday that month where my work is closed, or I have a day off from work for skiing, vacation, sick, etc.. which all takes away from those trips. Other than work reasons I have no reason in hell to travel to South Jersey so no extra crossings there. Basically I get the $18.00 back about twice a year. Not to mention that they are raising the bridge tolls to $4 this month and $5 next year.

The ease of use and not needing to carry cash on me makes it worth it, not to mention the $36 savings over a year I do actually get..

[Bob R]

Originally Posted by Hawkshot99

I have had it since I got my license. Took my first trip this past summer to Virginia, towing my boat and boy did it suck having to stop and pay all of the tolls.

I love EZ-Pass

I use my ez pass with my camper. It registers when I pull my pop up. double charges or something like that. Worth of asking the attendant I did. I think it measures axles.

Biggest problem with EZ pass is the morons who are in the ez- pass lane and then bailout cause they realize its and ez pass lane. Slowing down multiple lanes of traffic. Not like this is brand new technology. Every weekend at the hooksett tolls either way there are plenty of confused people who screw up traffic.

[Philpug]

Originally Posted by Phillycore

The thing that sucks is $1.00 month charge (NJ pass)
No discount - Some people get some sort of discount, however I use mine for daily commuting on the DRPA (Philly) bridge system where the only time you get a discount is when you use the same transponder (not account) 20 times in a month, then you get a $18.00 credit to your account.
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Quite frankly, I would pay extra to use, just for what it saves me in hassle. But...NJ charges 1.00/mo. Does PA charge that too? I have a NJ pass, why, I forget but I do. If Pa doesn't charge the 1.00, I will switch. Some states such as Delaware were charging EZ pass users less to use tolls than non, to get people to switch.