Speeding in the E-Z Pass lane may get your
E-Z Pass suspended.
Warning to motorists: Don't speed in the toll lanes. E-Z Pass is watching.
Several
states, including New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania, say they monitor
speeds through the fast pass toll lanes and will suspend your E-Z Pass
for multiple speeding violations.
In all, five of the 15 E-Z Pass
states have some kind of rules on the books for breaking the speed limit
in the convenience lanes.
"You can lose your E-Z Pass privileges
if you speed through E-Z Pass lanes," says Dan Weiller, director of
communications for the New York State Thruway Authority. "You get a
couple of warnings. We don't have the power to give a ticket, but we do
have to power to revoke your E-Z Pass, which we will."
He and
tolling officials in several other states say the issue is the safety of
human toll collectors. "At most toll barriers, we have a mix of E-Z
Pass lanes and standard toll lanes," Weiller says.
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