Originally Posted by
Blumie
: many meters are programmed automatically to add in the toll charge when a cab drives through an E-Z Pass lane; if you're watching the meter, you'll see the extra charge added in without the driver touching the meter. So it's at least theoretically possible that the OP was double charged.
No, the extras part of the meter never budged from the $1.50 that was keyed in when we boarded the cab. When we got to LGA, the driver pressed the buttons to combine the fare + the extras which resulted in the $26.80 fare. He did have an EZ Pass on his windshield.
On our trip from LGA into the city on Friday, the driver didn't have an EZ Pass but paid the toll in cash, then keyed it into the meter. I knew that was also unusual as the links here in FT note that all taxis are supposed to have an EZ Pass, but from the same links know that tolls are paid by the passenger and it was properly noted on the meter. That's why I paid the extra $5-I felt like I was responsible for it, knowing we had passed through a tolled tunnel and didn't feel comfortable taking advantage of a "mistake," even though now I know it may have not been a mistake at all.