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Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by AlM on Thu Dec 12 18:35:09 2019

I rented a car over Thanksgiving weekend.

I have my own EZPass, so I immediately turned the cover on the rental car's EZPass so that it was locked inside its metal box.

I took the RFK bridge twice. The first time it read my personal EZPass. The second time (as I discover on getting a bill from the rental agency) it somehow read the rental car's EZPass.

Or else it didn't read any EZPass at all and billed the rental agency after taking a picture of the license plate, which was from Louisiana.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019, in response to Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 12 18:35:09 2019.

With apologies to RFK, Hugh Carey, and Mario Cuomo respectfully and respectively, it will always be the Triboro, Brooklyn-Battery, and Tappan Zee to me.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Train Dude on Thu Dec 12 19:38:24 2019, in response to Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 12 18:35:09 2019.

Absolutely bizarre incident. Would have made a great Twilight Zone episode.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Thu Dec 12 21:10:33 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

Correct

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Thu Dec 12 21:11:19 2019, in response to Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 12 18:35:09 2019.

Probably didn't read either and billed the plate

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Dave on Thu Dec 12 21:21:36 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

Good man.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by jimmymc25 on Thu Dec 12 21:38:53 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

ABSOLUTELY!

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Dec 12 22:22:48 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Thu Dec 12 21:11:19 2019.

I agree with Chris. All sorts of issues arise when you do not have your tag aligned with a license plate. Something similar happened to me over the summer when I took the old VW over the Marine Parkway bridge. Northbound they billed the plate (without the resident discount) and southbound it billed the tag. Since those plates were new to the car I hadn't synced them up to the tag therefore the bill in the mail. I don't know why it didn't read the tag on the northbound trip but I was told they will attempt to cross reference plates with tags in order to properly bill you. I did have to straighten it out in person at the help center but it only took 10 minutes.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 13 04:27:32 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Dec 12 22:22:48 2019.

Thanks.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 08:50:05 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Dec 12 22:22:48 2019.

Your EZPass is also linked to a specific license plate number. Odds are quite small but people caught using their EZPass with the wrong plate # have received a penalty charge from them.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Fri Dec 13 08:59:06 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

IAWTP

Also, "6th Ave", not the dam "Av of the Americas" (I don't care what the route sign said on the @#^*%^^&^& Arnines!)

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by mtk52983 on Fri Dec 13 09:24:19 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Fri Dec 13 08:59:06 2019.

Did you just bash the sacred and hallowed Arnines?

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 13 11:11:57 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

You left out Ed Koch and Joe DiMaggio

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by 3-9 on Fri Dec 13 11:13:04 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

I agree with the first 2, but since they replaced the Tappan Zee with a whole new bridge, I think they can name it anyting they want.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 13 11:17:59 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 08:50:05 2019.

That is true.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 11:46:21 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 12 18:47:42 2019.

You forgot about the iconic "Senator Hamilton Fish" Bridge

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 13 13:03:21 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 11:46:21 2019.

How about the Malcolm Wilson Bridge

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 13 13:08:07 2019, in response to Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 12 18:35:09 2019.

You never said said the transponder read the second time. Therefore, you're describing the clearly written FAQ and calling it bizarre.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Dec 13 14:22:30 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 13 13:03:21 2019.

Wilson, Fish, and Ed Koch had their names prefixed to the standard names of their respective bridges. Cuomo, Carey, and Robert Kennedy had their names officially replace the ordinary names of their crossings.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 13 17:19:03 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Dec 13 14:22:30 2019.

Thank you. I am aware.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by cortelyounext on Fri Dec 13 18:38:06 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 11:46:21 2019.

I was on said span about 5 hours ago.

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Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon

Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Dec 14 12:02:50 2019, in response to Re: Bizarre EZPass Phenomenon, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 13 11:46:21 2019.

You know that Hamilton Fish was one ugly sonofabitch.

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