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03Lightningrocks wrote:I remember seeing an older lady on the news a few years ago. Her husband was some big time Doctor at a major hospital. They were loaded but she had run up like 30 grand in tolls and fines. She told the news person she did not realize she was suppose to pay a toll...LOL. That was back in the days with no toll tags and you had to stop or an alarm with lights and bells would go off as you drove through.

Hahaha... i googled to find her and found a better one. Check this out! 179K in tolls and fines. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/t ... 35675.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

tomtexan wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

Dragonfighter wrote:Toll Tags (or "Toe Tags", as my wife calls 'em) aren't necessarily a perfect solution. I was recently charged $144 for picking my wife up at DFW. Less than 30 minutes in the airport. Yes, I got it resolved.

True. They don't always communicate. At that point it takes a pic of the license plate and deducts the toll from my account. I usually see this at least once a month or so on my statement.

Dragonfighter wrote:I can't speak for the OP but here is what happened to me. I bought a used car from an incompetent, dishonest used car lot (redundant?). Anyway the title arrives and I open the envelope see it's in there and toss it in the firebox.

We use the 121 tollway a couple of times and no bills. I get nervous and call NTTA and find out there is nothing under my name or address. A few months later I receive a bill for approx $18 worth of tolls and over $350 in fines and late fees. I get on the phone with NTTA and as I am talking to them, I notice the bill has the wrong name and address on it but the right car (how it ever found my house I do not know, I guess it had just enough information). I am arguing with them about it and eventually get a one time courtesy waiver and find out that the DMV had the wrong information. I go look at the title and sure enough, it has my first and middle name and a partial but incomplete address.

I had to call the DMV and get it all corrected. I guess the point is, the OP could very well turn around one day and have a bill from NTTA worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars by something as simple as a clerical error. Yup, pay your tolls but if you and even the NTTA can't find the information, then what else are you supposed to do.

FWIW, I bought toll tags for everyone in my household.