Time for a legal question

WaterH

WaterH

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So I drove down to south Florida for TG. I decided to bring a boat back on a trailer. I didn’t have plates on the trailer, but I had a bill of sale dated 12/1 and I don’t think cops would say anything. In any case, I wasn’t stopped.

The thing is, I went on a toll road with one of those “pay by plate” things. I didn’t even think about the cameras won’t see a plate on the trailer and can’t see it on the truck. I’m not trying to get out of paying. On the other hand, I doubt it will bankrupt the state. In the case of my HEMTT, I don’t know how they would identify my truck. They could go back a few days and see me coming down the same toll road. (They got my plate that time) Then they could match that plate to my trip north. Not sure if they go to that much trouble. Maybe AI can figure it out if they have it hooked to the system.

Again, I don’t mind paying. If I call and offer to pay them, how do I explain a trailer without plates? Is that a can of worms I don’t want to open?

What does Irate say?
 
I accidentally drove through an EZ pass lane in NJ with no EZ pass. I would not mind paying a small fee, but they mailed me a $50 fine for a $2 toll. :shaking: I believe if you ignore it they send it to collections and it wrecks your credit score.
 
Boss said:
You have tolls? :laughing: I thought we payed for the roads. Why the **** are there tolls? What a ****ing scam. Is this how they keep poor people from traveling? So many questions. :confused:
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You do realize that you can drive out of your home state right?

You did/do pay for roads with your gas tax, road tax, registration, etc. but let’s not use that for roads, let’s put that somewhere else. :homer:
 
I got out of tolls with my 68 Burb when I drove it in a few Power Tours. Apparently most states don't pay for antique plate data from NoDak. Well, Georgia does. $28 invoice for a $2 express lane toll during a rainy Atlanta traffic jam. Don't even remember there being a toll, but whatever.

I've also had paper plates on a new used work pickup tow dollying my personal car home from Texas. No toll tab, even with the car's rear plate visible.

They don't care to send a bill, then I don't care about not paying.
 
Forget it.

For some reason I didn't get toll by mail bills for years from multiple states. No idea where they went.
 
bad zuki said:
You do realize that you can drive out of your home state right?

You did/do pay for roads with your gas tax, road tax, registration, etc. but let’s not use that for roads, let’s put that somewhere else. :homer:
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Don't have any where I need to go. :flipoff2:

Toll roads are a gateway to communism.
 
Spray reflective paint on your plates, never get another toll or bridge ticket again.
 
Funny how states that aren't toll by mail can easily send you a fine in the mail with a fully automated system. The entire system for toll by mail is already in place, but then they couldn't charge you a ridiculous disproportionate fine for EZ pass violations if they went to toll by mail.
 
the conservative atheist said:
Funny how states that aren't toll by mail can easily send you a fine in the mail with a fully automated system. The entire system for toll by mail is already in place, but then they couldn't charge you a ridiculous disproportionate fine for EZ pass violations if they went to toll by mail.
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And hold onto millions of dollars because they make you carry a minimum balance in the account.
 
i have some that show up for big bucks. this is on cars & trucks i don't even own anymore. i tell them to get ****ed. i wish they would put it on my credit, i will dispute it as fast as they put it on.
 
bad zuki said:
You pay tolls? :laughing:
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I went to eastern Kentucky to pick up stuff I won from an online auction around 8 years ago now. There’s this tunnel or bridge (can’t remember which anymore) that had a toll. Signs were posted and me being old school, thought there’d be a toll booth to pay at. Nope, started getting invoices in the mail and I’d forget about them. It escalated so I ended up sending in a check. I had some kind of dispute about it and don’t remember what it was anymore but there was no way to contact anyone about it.

Back in 2016, me and another guy drove down to an island off of Miami Florida to deliver underwater temp measuring sensor stands we built for NOAA. My trailer was stacked full of these things.

We stopped at a rest area when entering Florida and purchased a windshield sticky device from a vending machine for toll highways. You get on the website and tie your CC to it and they track and bill you.

They went by the vehicles plate but charged per axle you had on the ground. ****ed up part was, we had four total axles, two for vehicle and two for the trailer. After leaving Florida we checked the billing and they had charged us sometimes three axles, four axles and five axles. It wasn’t worth fighting them over it though.
 
Landslide said:
I went to eastern Kentucky to pick up stuff I won from an online auction around 8 years ago now. There’s this tunnel or bridge (can’t remember which anymore) that had a toll. Signs were posted and me being old school, thought there’d be a toll booth to pay at. Nope, started getting invoices in the mail and I’d forget about them. It escalated so I ended up sending in a check. I had some kind of dispute about it and don’t remember what it was anymore but there was no way to contact anyone about it.

Back in 2016, me and another guy drove down to an island off of Miami Florida to deliver underwater temp measuring sensor stands we built for NOAA. My trailer was stacked full of these things.

We stopped at a rest area when entering Florida and purchased a windshield sticky device from a vending machine for toll highways. You get on the website and tie your CC to it and they track and bill you.

They went by the vehicles plate but charged per axle you had on the ground. ****ed up part was, we had four total axles, two for vehicle and two for the trailer. After leaving Florida we checked the billing and they had charged us sometimes three axles, four axles and five axles. It wasn’t worth fighting them over it though.
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You pay tolls? :flipoff2:

Friend of mines wife had got new vanity plates, and the old owner never turned them in and racked up $10000s of tolls stuff, they had to fight for a year to prove it wasn’t her. She ended up getting new plates.
 
They will probably worry about figuring it out after the compounded interest added on top makes it worth their while
 
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