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Old December 16th 18, 01:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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In article nr1a1e1g4aqi3avoqad0k43dv3o0ii3cdd@None,
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
"tim..." wrote:

and how do users of rental cars pay these tolls?


Toll company bills rental car company, rental car company charges card
used for
rental. At least in my experience. The layers of administrative surcharges
make
that an expensive option.


That's fairly typical.

Unfortunately, I think the transponder rules prohibit moving from car to
car.


Not in the US. Most US toll transponders can be used in any car, so I
have a spare e-zpass that I use in the northeast and a Sunpass I use
in Florida.

I must not be the only one, since I bought a gizmo on Amazon that clips
onto
the e-zpass and has a suction cup to stick to the windshield. (The
regular
attachment is adhesive velcro strips.)

Failing that, many cashless tolls have a web site where you can pay by
license tag number within a few days.

For the toll roads, even if some of the tolls go unpaid, the vast
savings in not having staff at the tolls and not having to handle cash
more than covers it.


though the important point about rental cars (rather than out of Staters who
just go home and ignore postal demands to pay) is that the tolls don't go
unpaid

But the renter risks gets ripped off as the toll is paid

tim