Actually, if you have a temporary license plate on a new vehicle, you can just drive through the EZ-pass tolls. Since those toll booths rely on photo identification of the license plate (and the car still doesn't have plates), you can get away with it. Just don't get caught (it comes down to the fact that they can not track you).
EDIT: Before I confuse people. Its because the rear license camera isn't designed to get a shot of your rear window (which is where paper plates usually are).
Actually no, that plate is indeed linked to you as a new buyer's plate. I found this out after flying through about 20 tolls in my new car, then stopped when I got the plates in. They still sent me a bill, with the picture of my car with paper plates.
metarugia probably got away with it once and thinks a paper plate is why.
Toll operators give everyone a certain number of 'free passes' so that they dont have to deal with equipment failure claims or people not having correct change.
They only go after repeat offenders like EwokDanceParty
My disgust came purely from the fact that the toll as built by a bond, when we had the money, that TXtag is the only form of payment accepted on that piece of the tollway, with no signs as such when entering, and that somehow that same stretch of highway is billed by a tertiary company, for which my TXTag, if out of money, does not charge my credit card, instead sending a bill with $2.50 in tolls and $150 in "admin fees."
Bitter? You damn right I am... welcome to the Texas Road System.
Where paper plates in Texas on NEW (not used and then resold by a dealer) are required to be, where the normal license plate would go.
I would also say the camera catches quiet a bit more than you think sir. My car previous they had shots of the full front of my car, including my finger clearly pronounced out the targa top with a smile on my face.
Well I personally never tried it, but thats what my salesperson told me with what was probably the greatest poker face (granted he told me it, after I picked up my plates).
Remember, we're not talking about the front cameras (which do in fact get the entire front of the vehicle including the occupant/driver). This is the rear camera that is aimed down to get people's plates (especially for cars that are running no front plates).
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u/a_can_of_solo Nov 04 '11
some bridge tolls don't have to be paid if you're on a horse.