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Old 01-31-2022, 07:24 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I noticed today when on a toll road in Maryland, the EZPass cost was $6.00 and a non-EZPass car would cost $12.00. There was no option for paying by cash.

What about people who can't afford to have a balance in an EZPass account, or don't have checking accounts so they can debit the payment?

How is this not illegal?
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The ICC is the first all-electronic toll facility in Maryland. There are no toll plazas and no cash accepted along the roadway. Tolls are collected electronically using E-ZPass® and Video Tolling at highway speeds.

All-electronic tolling helps maintain free-flowing traffic conditions and reduce vehicle emissions because drivers do not stop for cash payment at toll plazas. It also requires less land, reducing the environmental impact of the road.

E-ZPass is the most convenient and easiest way to pay your toll on the ICC. Video Tolling is an option, though not recommended for frequent travelers. Toll facility customers who do not have an E-ZPass and travel the ICC will be sent a bill in the mail and charged the Video Toll Rate (VTR). VTRs at all Maryland toll facilities are 1.5 times the base toll rates with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $15 above the base toll rate.

https://mdta.maryland.gov/ICC/E-ZPass.html
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Old 02-01-2022, 11:16 AM
 
Location: Howard County, Maryland
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I noticed today when on a toll road in Maryland, the EZPass cost was $6.00 and a non-EZPass car would cost $12.00. There was no option for paying by cash.

What about people who can't afford to have a balance in an EZPass account, or don't have checking accounts so they can debit the payment?

How is this not illegal?
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The ICC is the first all-electronic toll facility in Maryland. There are no toll plazas and no cash accepted along the roadway. Tolls are collected electronically using E-ZPass® and Video Tolling at highway speeds.

All-electronic tolling helps maintain free-flowing traffic conditions and reduce vehicle emissions because drivers do not stop for cash payment at toll plazas. It also requires less land, reducing the environmental impact of the road.

E-ZPass is the most convenient and easiest way to pay your toll on the ICC. Video Tolling is an option, though not recommended for frequent travelers. Toll facility customers who do not have an E-ZPass and travel the ICC will be sent a bill in the mail and charged the Video Toll Rate (VTR). VTRs at all Maryland toll facilities are 1.5 times the base toll rates with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $15 above the base toll rate.

https://mdta.maryland.gov/ICC/E-ZPass.html
Where did you see that a $6 toll would be $12 without E-Z Pass? The link you shared said that the VTR is 1.5 times the base rate, so a $6 E-Z Pass toll would be $9 via VTR.

My E-Z Pass account is linked to a credit card, not a checking account. I didn't even know that they offered a way to link to a checking account.
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Old 02-01-2022, 12:23 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Where did you see that a $6 toll would be $12 without E-Z Pass? The link you shared said that the VTR is 1.5 times the base rate, so a $6 E-Z Pass toll would be $9 via VTR.

My E-Z Pass account is linked to a credit card, not a checking account. I didn't even know that they offered a way to link to a checking account.
They had 2 overhead signs on 95 heading north showing $6.00 with Maryland EZPass and $12.00 for VTR.

Maybe someone else who taking 95 can take a pic. Unfort, I won't be heading that way again for a few months.

I mentioned checking account as they do allow that in NJ.
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Old 02-01-2022, 02:43 PM
 
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https://driveezmd.com/toll-rate-calculator/

JFK Memorial Hwy toll rates

E-Z Pass Maryland................$6.00
Out of State E-Z Pass............$8.00
Pay-By-Plate........................$8.00
Video Tolls...........................$12.00
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Old 02-01-2022, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Boston
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do they have peak and non peak rates?
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Old 02-01-2022, 03:41 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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https://driveezmd.com/toll-rate-calculator/

JFK Memorial Hwy toll rates

E-Z Pass Maryland................$6.00
Out of State E-Z Pass............$8.00
Pay-By-Plate........................$8.00
Video Tolls...........................$12.00
Even though I have an EZPass, but not Maryland, going to cost me $8 each way.

Guess I should be happy that I'm not paying the video toll.

Thanks
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Old 02-04-2022, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Midatlantic but dreams of northeast
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do they have peak and non peak rates?
No, we don't have peak/non-peak most of the time. There's a weird bypass that goes from after the tunnels to beyond the beltway that has peak/non-peak rates, but I've never understood the purpose of those lanes.

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A tolls a toll. And a rolls a roll. If we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls.
But yea, I can understand the annoyance for OP. Forcing cashless and then charging more definitely feels monopolistic.
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Old 02-04-2022, 01:43 PM
 
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I noticed today when on a toll road in Maryland, the EZPass cost was $6.00 and a non-EZPass car would cost $12.00. There was no option for paying by cash.

What about people who can't afford to have a balance in an EZPass account, or don't have checking accounts so they can debit the payment?

How is this not illegal?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The ICC is the first all-electronic toll facility in Maryland. There are no toll plazas and no cash accepted along the roadway. Tolls are collected electronically using E-ZPass® and Video Tolling at highway speeds.

All-electronic tolling helps maintain free-flowing traffic conditions and reduce vehicle emissions because drivers do not stop for cash payment at toll plazas. It also requires less land, reducing the environmental impact of the road.

E-ZPass is the most convenient and easiest way to pay your toll on the ICC. Video Tolling is an option, though not recommended for frequent travelers. Toll facility customers who do not have an E-ZPass and travel the ICC will be sent a bill in the mail and charged the Video Toll Rate (VTR). VTRs at all Maryland toll facilities are 1.5 times the base toll rates with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $15 above the base toll rate.

https://mdta.maryland.gov/ICC/E-ZPass.html
What road was it? I been over all the tolls in Maryland over the last two months and never saw that?
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Old 02-04-2022, 06:20 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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What road was it? I been over all the tolls in Maryland over the last two months and never saw that?
95 heading south and north.

Maybe it's a new sign?
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Old 02-06-2022, 08:49 AM
 
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Many toll roads have gone cashless since the COVID Crisis. The PA Turnpike also charges more for non PA Turnpike EZ-Pass.


I thought one of the early selling points of the EZ-pass was that it was an integrated system all up and down the East Coast and that all users were treated equally within the EZ-Pass system.


Also what is the difference between 'video toll' and 'Pay by Plate'? Aren't they both done via the video system?
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