Originally Posted by
sard
If I have the EZ Pass in my backpack while in a taxi and it goes through a toll, would my pass be read?
I did that by accident at least once (brought an EZ Pass in my backpack for a trip, but forgot to put it in its read-prevention bag before jumping in the taxi to the airport), and it didn't read my tag.
Originally Posted by
ijgordon
Looks like they may even be free from NY EZpass! ("Vehicles & Tags -> Request Supplies")
Yep. NY will send you read prevention bags or velcro strips for free (
https://www.e-zpassny.com/vector/acc...liesRequest.do). It just takes about a week for it to arrive after you request it.
Originally Posted by
SBR249
If for instance you drove through one of those fast track EZ-Pass toll lanes with no gates or used a toll road with gantry readers instead of toll booths and your EZ-pass didn't register properly then the procedure is to look up your license plate and either deduct the balance from your EZ-pass account or send a bill to the address on the account that it's registered to if there is insufficient funds. The agency may have to jump through more hoops if the license plate isn't registered to an account (a rental for example) and they'd need to ask the DMV for the address of the owner, especially if it was an out of state license plate.
If you drive through an electronic toll with a rental car and your EZ Pass doesn't get read properly, then if you registered your rental car's license plate with your EZ Pass, your EZ Pass account will still get charged. If you didn't (or couldn't) register your rental car's license plate, it's no different than if you drove a rental car through a toll gate without an EZ Pass: The toll authority will bill the rental agency, and the rental agency will bill you (usually with a hefty markup).
That said, if you have the EZ Pass mounted properly it's pretty rare for it not to get read properly.