Toll bill too high? Your windshield might be to blame

[@JinNani224]

lol they were not going to give her a dime until the media showed up

[@jormugand5578]

There are plenty of companies that would have continued to fight against giving her a refund, let alone a full refund. I was actually surprised that they were so quick to agree.

[@ChibiKeruchan]

Of course they would after the media show up. coz that's the goal. make it big, make it controversial. so "STUPID" car buyer who doesn't read the manual finally understand it. getting to the news is FREE real estate. instead of paying the news to publish a video about the same topic that won't hold coz it is "NOT YET" controversial.

[@deafmute2501]

Exactly

[@michaelmendoza8905]

Accurate~

[@civilizeddiva]

2:32-2:36: Why didn't Bay Area Fastrak engage her in this discussion when she initially contacted them for assistance?

[@DaBinChe]

Cause they want the money

[@Mike__B]

Maybe they didn't know she had an zero emission eligible vehicle? maybe all they got was "hey I set this to 3 people but it said I owe money"? Maybe they did engage her, but it was never fault so she didn't listen?

[@bobroberts2371]

Because she didn't push the issue beyond a front line customer service worker that has limited powers.

[@OLDMANTEA]

Because they get paid the same regardless if the customer is satisfied or not

[@jormugand5578]

Why would they? Do you know how many calls they get on a daily basis arguing that they have been overcharged and how many of them are bogus claims? As far as they are concerned, the onus is on her to prove her case and initially she wasn't aware that she put the device in a bad location. I was actually surprised that they were so quick to give her a full refund.

[@akshonclip]

Still not sure why we have to pay Fucktrack when we are already paying gas tax, dmv tax, road tax on property tax bills, state income tax, sales tax,…..

[@jec_ecart]

True

[@_Wai_Wai_]

they spent all that on Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Ukraine and Israel.

[@supertrooper1367]

Tolls are neccessary in instances where road maintenance money is hard to come by. I find a lot of people don't quite understand that the US in general has an absolutely massive road debt and can't pay for most roads it has. Highways are expensive infrastructure to maintain and may pull funding from smaller roadways. While it is easy enough to say the government should spend money better, which I partially agree with, the way it is now will probably stay for the foreseeable future. Some special states like Texas don't have as many road related taxes so tolls are the only way to keep them funded. You can't forget either that some toll roads are owned by private corporations in cooperation with the local government so they don't get as much federal money.

[@akshonclip]

@@supertrooper1367 All of that is because of wasteful government spending.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

The fact that there are American military operations in Syria, probably bombing raids on Yemen, Small military units in Niger, Sudan etc... and who knows where else. Did Americans vote for all these interventions?

[@timedj9164]

scammers charging us to travel when we pay taxes for the roads already and hilariously people are only concerned with where should i put this device! 😂

[@supertrooper1367]

Roads are crazy expensive to maintain. Even with taxes, the US has an insane amount of road debt and can't afford anywhere near what we have. Tolls are necessary if you want new/expanded highways or roads that don't have potholes everywhere. Well, unless you want to pay double the taxes.

[@beatrixkills1]

@@supertrooper1367 About 40-50% of every dollar you make will in some way go to a tax. There is plenty of money but egregious waste.

[@withvinayak]

Time to sue Fastrack!

[@boostftw123]

it's almost like you didn't watch the video before leaving a dumb comment

[@rudolphhessian4183]

@@boostftw123 almost like your a tax raising biden voter who loves extra fees and government regulation of free highway travel . These photo cameras screw up all the time and charge people wrong fees as we see here. Dummy^

[@withvinayak]

@@boostftw123 I watched it full and then made the comment! It’s Fastrack’s problem that, they could not detect the Toll Tag on my car. Do you realize how many car owners are there who have been robbed by fastrack this way??

[@erikpienk]

@@withvinayak lol it's literally your car that is not allowing for a propper detection....nothing to do with their systems but your car. SHould they be checking and allowing refunds, yes that is also the right thing to do.

[@BrokeAsAJokeSlots]

Just run a fake plate 😂. Who tf even pays for toll roads. Just use fake plates or have no plates.

[@mack_titan]

Well, the next story that you should do are the toll jumpers. The kinda low lives that use the express lane all the time but suddenly and violently merge into right lane to avoid the sensor, only to jump back into express lane 100 feet after. One of these idiots damm nearly crashed into me and it did cause me a minor scratch with another vehicle as I had to brake hard. Fortunately, the truck that I made contact with saw what happened in front of me and we shook hands all the while shaking our heads at the aHOLE that did this. It was a Honda Accord Burgandy color with jewel covered rear license plate. I was not able to get the plate numbers. The toll jumper had already left the scene. BTW, there is a grey Honda pilot on 237 that does this every single day (between 5:30 to 6:00 PM) and I have seen him do this for over 2.5 years, especially sensor close to North 1st street on 237.

[@ttinnovations3310]

question back to California is , what happened to all the money ??? !!!!!! I've lived in states with snow, rain, freezing weather, sun and the road are free and well maintained ... corruption and terrible spending

[@danc2014]

We pay people to drive electric cars. up to $7000 off the price. Then we give them free use of the car pool lanes and express lanes.

[@johnmourer5747]

It all goes into a slush fund. Called the general fund. 0 accountability.

[@jasonmartinez9051]

In the future, you'll step outside of your house, a machine will see your face and charge you a fee... for breathing or something.

[@VictorVictor-oq6dh]

They’ll regulate how many times you’re allowed to exhale.

[@jeremyperruccio4869]

​@VictorVictor-oq6dh not gonna happen

[@jeremyperruccio4869]

Not gonna happen

[@thomaskim3128]

It’s called tax, and you don’t even need to step outside your house.

[@ELITEGOD61]

That’s Canada already

[@desmeisme]

THE NERVE OF AMERICA. Like hello?? wtf do you think we are out here? Will you be charging us to breathe next? Am I able to sneeze without being charges for g sake?

[@celebrityrog]

YOUR WINDSHIELD IS NOT TO BLAME. FASTRAK IS TO BLAME. THEIR TECHNOLOGY IS TO BLAME. Why are civilians liable to pay pay pay immediately and wait for a refund but it's okay for companies like this to blame us for their issue but also not give the benefit of the doubt and refund and worry later.

[@GrimYak]

What are you talking about? Placement is the owners responsibility not fastraks. As far as fastrak is concerned if they dont see your rfid signal then you dont have one.

[@thedopplereffect00]

Companies? You mean tyrannical government, lol

[@danc2014]

this is old news The ford windshields have been known to be a problem. why do you think they put that shadesd spot on the car now. But why does F track not inform people too?

[@thedopplereffect00]

@@4TwentyFour20 because they can't build better highways because they spent all the money on a high speed rail to nowhere. Also, poor zoning

[@Daniel-z2j2v]

Government just has their handouts and punishes us if we don’t put money in them.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

Paying anything for tolls is absurd in my mind. I mean if you have "mass transit and commercial only" only lanes where we charge commercial that's one thing but tolls are absurd.

[@The1emerican]

Welcome to California where You pay for your existence.

[@easik]

Thing is, this is perfectly solvable by moving over from a fast lane :)

[@bmwhigh1]

How does the fast track verify the number of people in your vehicle?

[@hiddendrifts]

these things should come with a "check your owner's manual for proper placement" notice

[@wilmerpanama815]

Even if she wants to sue , she’s not gonna get that far because they going to blame her not knowing her vehicle where to place it , having a Manuel and everything , something that everyone should learn and be educated with your vehicle

[@TAL142]

Most of us don't check the bill until later. It would be hard for some of us to remember if we were travel alone or not. They should just text you how much they charge. With the technology nowadays, this is not hard at all. And they don't even have an app if I remember correctly.

[@mdmoz1777]

So you can just select the number of people riding in the car for fastrak to read?

[@PaulRobinson-g6k]

Correct. Just as with car pool lanes that don't have a toll - lying is expensive if one is caught - and they do catch.

[@tjs114]

I noticed she didn't even have the right type of FasTrak module. She's in a Mustang Mach-E, she should be using a FasTrak CAV for clean air vehicles, not a standard FasTrak Flex.

[@brianp5205]

Lies. I drove the full Fastrak from Oakland to Milpitas set to 3 (free) and I was charged at a few select scanners. It should be charged for all scans or none at all if my windshield is blocking.

[@PaulRobinson-g6k]

I wouldn't immediately jump to "lies" just based on variable results. The angle that the scanners are set to relative to your course of travel is one factor, the other is common in technology - small variations cause different results. Happens all the time in radio signals.

[@ElementaryWatson-123]

If windshield were blocking the device she would have been charged a fine for driving without a Fastrak. In no event it would impact the setting on the device. It's either all or nothing. This is what Fastrak web site says: "An image of the license plate was captured and a violation notice will be mailed to the vehicle's registered owner at the address on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within 21 days of the violation."

[@JJtoob]

I vaguely remember knowing about a potential issue with windshields when I got my first fastrack transponder, do they not mention this in the box the devices come in anymore?

[@sango_wilko851]

They do.

[@edgarbahena389]

They need to put back the toll collective people back on the booths the pandemic has been over with.

[@beargillium2369]

Tolls are illegal. Fastrak is illegal.

[@coffeecool5190]

the owners manual on my 96' honda civic doesn't say where to put those crappy devices

[@scrapgamingx1942]

Because in newer cars due to the AMOUNT of technology and signals that has to go through electric cars nav screens etc it hurt the signal and also well um compared to todays cars your car is alot “thinner”

[@coffeecool5190]

@@scrapgamingx1942 you're no fun at parties aren't ya?

[@sango_wilko851]

Because your 96 civic didn't come with a metallicized titanium dioxide windshield so it doesn't matter where you put it.

[@hieih4592]

In Cali you have to pay for which lane you want to be in??

[@danc2014]

To improve traffic flow, they added a toll / express lane which drivers pay to use. You can get a discount if you car pool or drive electric cars or know how to cheat they system.

[@jr1252]

the fast lane now charges a fee. some areas 24 hours, other areas anywhere from 9-12 hours

[@huanjiesheng1610]

I got a ticket once for fare evasion while driving next to the express lane. Fortunately there was a motorcycle next to me in the express lane on the picture so I was able to dispute it.

[@demonatemu]

didn't know there could be a "sweet spot" for the tags, good to know thanks for the investigative journalism!

[@christhe95irrelevant98]

How is this possible? Radio waves have much longer wavelengths than UV and a thin layer of coating should have negligible scattering effect.

[@bobroberts2371]

It is a metal coating, this is what blocks the magnetic waves.

[@sango_wilko851]

The metallicized windshield tint is a reflective coating utilizing the physical properties of titanium dioxide to specifically absorb UV but not visible light. It doesn't work like a microwave screen whose purpose is to create a barrier so small that certain waves can't pass through it. If that was the case you'd block visual light which has a larger wavelength as well and being able to see through a windshield is quite important to it's function.

[@Chimmy.01]

The driver is the one who is at fault here. The charges should not have been cancelled. The driver did not read her vehicle's manual and so she incorrectly put her Fastrack device in a wrong spot on the windshield.

[@danc2014]

The box design is faulty because it should have a feed back to the price charge or if detected at all.

[@scottnelson1713]

One of the biggest things that I DON'T miss about living in Pleasanton is having to keep up multiple FasTrak devices for my cars and motorcycles. I was happily able to send them all back and get refunds on the account. I now live in a state with zero tolls of any sort. I loved the Bay Area for most of the years that I live there, but I have no desire to go back.

[@tuomasholo]

She’s not the only victim. There are thousands of victims.

[@youtubesucks8024]

Take the plates off. Toll is theft.

[@francislee7770]

So good nbc is helping people financially like this. I saw the pothole claim form coverage sometime ago too

[@patrickstar3066]

Oh blame the windshield bull shit

[@bobroberts2371]

Even after you have been provided proof that the glass coating blocks radio waves?

[@alexcholagh8330]

It's usually modified engines and unusual extra modifications. I never heard windshield are a problem unless there modified by making them thick heavy bulky and or wide.

[@RedFoxwithTubeSocks-hi7jj]

I mean, the auto manufacturer tells you where to place the device, right on the owner's manual. It's easier to blame "greedy corporations" than to accept personal responsibility.

[@neilkurzman4907]

It’s literally in the owners manual for the car. It should probably be on page one of the installation guide that comes with the FastTrack

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@RedFoxwithTubeSocks-hi7jj You’re one of those people who never blame corporations for anything. The fast track tells you how to install the device. They probably should tell you to check your owners manual for proper placement for your vehicle. But they chose not to do that. And they also chose not to tell her what the problem was when she complained .

[@TerrenceThorn]

This is just one of many Fastrak's un-addressed issues. - I drove across the Richmond / San Rafael bridge in May of 2023 and promptly paid the $7.00 toll when I received the invoice. A month or so later I was re-invoiced for the toll and a penalty. I had documents of my processed W.F. check and the date but Fastrak would'nt budge so where did the money go? I paid the toll AGAIN + the penalty so that I could renew my vehicle registration but if this happened to me, it has happened to hundreds of thousands of other Bay Area motorists ( maybe millions of us ) so where does that money go ? - Mr. Bonta, our attorney general, is an AUDIT of Fastrak in order ? It should be !

[@easik]

Agreed. Invoices from FasTrack are too delayed - transactions should be viewable in account within an hour (it's reasonable delay for non-critical systems), not couple of days.

[@stratfordbaby]

It's all BS. She didn't need to change settings with her friend in the car. She's in a Mach-E Mustang. That's an EV, which is ALWAYS Setting 3. What a dope.

[@Mike__B]

Also take a glance at the toll tag in those express lanes it says how many people it is registering due to said toll tag.

[@snakedog77]

Excellent information

[@MrTechysal]

The silly thing is we are paying and adapting to rules for companies that are using roads we paid for with our taxes. Take back our roads and stop letting companies charge us to use them

[@Anoopworks]

Now, this is reporting done right ! Good job in getting to the root cause and the solution...

[@clarklowe5632]

I have had issues myself with them before. They charged me on my transmitter and as a car on my account with out a tag for the exact same time and same bridge. When I called they told me well how do we know you didn't drive two cars that day. Through the same lane at the exact same time and picture on both charges where the same. I had to get it elevated to a senior manager and 3 hours of my day to get it right.

[@stratfordbaby]

But she's in a Mustang EV. She didn't need to switch the Fast Trak. Set it to Setting 3 for EVs!!!!!

[@tjs114]

I've had a few different FasTrak modules over the many, many years as they aged and failed right from the initial launch of the service. I can honestly say that the only installation instructions I ever received were for the very first module and the instructions were to install in the bottom left corner of the windshield (that was the box that was about 4 inches square.) I just pulled out the owner's manuals for both of my current vehicles and neither has word one about where to install devices like the fastrak dongle.

[@WilliamBunch-z9s]

In Georgia, you can use Toll, HOV, and HOT lanes for free if you have an EV in most cases, but there are some exceptions.

[@geowa3724]

Naawwww, it their faulty equipment.

[@sashatumko352]

I'm not a big fan of the government

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

Fastrak is and has always been a scam.

[@Root1966]

If toll companies can legally charge us to drive on our own roads then they should be solely responsible for maintenance of the road.

[@asifwekere]

What happens when don’t live in the Bay Area and you also don’t have a FasTrak device in your windshield?

[@GamingGuruXD]

Probably like most toll roads, there are cameras that will snap your plate if it doesnt see the tracker, and if the vehicle is not even registered you get fined for it.

[@LeeBross-r7r]

Good Job NBC

[@expansioniskeyrn]

They only credited her back due to you guys! Great job!

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Taxation, taxation, taxation, 4.00 tomatoes? Uh huh. Yep. Hows your salad? Next big problem? You guessed it 10.00 gallon gas. Wait. Yep. Coming to a mcdonalds near YOU.

[@petercook3143]

I have a solution, move out of the bay area. I live in South Carolina, and we dont have them except in a couple of spots, I hear, elsewhere in the state, the infamous 185, road to nowhere near Greenville is one. As I travel the country I occasionally encounter them, but it seems they dont solve congestion, I encountered one in Charlotte, 1 pass costed about 22 bucks, but thats OK, I adjust my taxes for those amounts, as I am corporate. Also when i travel I avoid rush hour excursions into cities, and that is what happened with Charlotte, normally I would pass through there at 2am, not 5pm.

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

Yes move to South Carolina where the citizens would love to move laws back into the dark ages over California because FasTrack.

[@YegorsTV]

exactly, I moved away from California, best decision ever. I don't understand why people still live there

[@Cal-cf2vo]

Because we hate humidity, snow, mosquitoes, and in breds

[@pointreyes4272]

The lanes should be free. Most of the money for that highway and that lane come from taxpayers.

[@2040wagon]

Always like these stories.🎉

[@willthethrillguitar4826]

Of course it’s in the owners manual! That’s what it’s for! God bless her

[@ryanb5189]

Good to read your owners manual regardless

[@fastmatt30]

Yeah let’s blame the windows and not the insane fees used to travel the roads

[@MMCat7732]

User error. The manual is there for a reason.

[@TheCyberguycpt]

Mine beeps when I go through the fast track scanners, if it doesn’t beep you might just need to move it.

[@MrDarthvis]

Where does all the toll money end up? Does it help repair the crappy roads?

[@Kr0nicDragon]

Her 1st mistake was buying an electric “mustang”

[@Dodener]

its a morons car

[@StolenJoker84]

They’re blaming the coating on the windshield? How did they know who to bill if the tag wasn’t working?

[@Roberto-gp3yx]

That never happens to me and my truck has a tinted windshield I always place the transponder in the middle of the dashboard and I always here it beep and it says zero charge when I see my account… but the users should always read their vehicles owner manual bc of cars being so full with tech now it doesn’t surprise me that this was the issue for the young lady.. but also check the battery those don’t last forever they should be replaced every so often

[@richardwilliams5842]

WOW

[@johnyu2047]

What kind technology is this? Who is the service provider? Are they using 5g? Many american infrastructures are behind many asian countries. Poor americans still have to suffer this kind of pain.

[@thedopplereffect00]

It was developed 20+ years ago and just recently deployed. It's very obsolete and the government is incompetent

[@mikeem848]

I recently bought a new car and this topic came up in a conversation I had with my uncle. I told him that I was taking the time to read the owner's manual. A practice that most people NEVER think to do. He told me his acronym for it was "RFM" which means Read the F***in Manual, lol.

[@christopherkidwell9817]

Which hardly anyone does anymore or ever DID DO because this is supposed to be "You can put it ANYWHERE in your vehicle and it just works!"

[@hey8you]

Guess she should have read the manual. This was an issue when I got my tag over 10 years ago. There were documents that came with my tag that mentioned the windshield problem on some cars. Fastrack knew about it then too and some car manufactures did not state what type of windshield they used. At the time, their solution was to hold the tag out the window or you could get a license plate mounted tag. Looks like a fail on both sides. She should have read the manual(or done some research) and when she contacted Fastrack, they should have told her about windshield placement.

[@steven4315]

Retired auto glass worker here. That information is on the 'trademark' painted on the windshield.

[@davenone7312]

So it was 100% her fault and she should have been made to pay the full tolls charged!

[@rodneynoriel1528]

Getting a deal? We have the highest gas tax rate in the country applied to the highest gas prices … this should be free..

[@jujub4553]

This is a damn ass lie and we all know it. 🙄

[@bara2ban]

⚠️❗⚠️❗⚠️❗ Also, *DON'T* mount them any other way besides horizontal. It will interfere with the tiny radio antenna inside and most likely will not read transponder.

[@nlpnt]

Ford itself had known about this issue starting in the late '80s when they were first to offer that thin metallic coating as an electric defroster, similar to the lines on the back window - it would block (outgoing) police radar and they had to replace windshields on cop cars and delete it from all future police-package models.

[@grape00jellly]

Ive got no Fastrack and pay $0 on fees or violations, it's crazy to think that it can charge you $7 to use the lane during commuting hours. If this is the road you take everyday it adds up quick!

[@danc2014]

you voted them in and this was the solution to reduce pollution and traffic congestion. make people pay and they will use less. PS you can drive in the non toll lanes but it will move slower.

[@Idontcare-g1n]

Looks more like a fast track problem since windshields have been made like that for decades

[@jormugand5578]

And for decades, fast track likely has included fine print directing customers to check their owner's manual and/or manufacturer for where to put the device for best results. 1:28 As they stated in the video the 'sweet spot' varies between vehicles - different makes, different models and even different years. There are simply too many variations for them to account for all of them.

[@maxheadroom8097]

Well if she doesn’t like the rules in the USA she Ali’s always free to go back to her own country

[@SmokyOle]

That's what people are doing. The consequence is you are losing American natives as well who are also leaving. Eventually the higher tax burden will be on you.

[@mikeo8890]

Take it out the car completely and let them read your license plate.

[@Quantris]

they do read the plate: that's how/why they're billing her

[@PaulRobinson-g6k]

Sure If you just want to pay the toll then you can just let them send you a bill based on the license plate. But If you want to get car pool rates (free) then you have to have the fastrack transponder. It is how you declare you are eligible for using the lane for free.

[@thedopplereffect00]

​@@PaulRobinson-g6kthey could use cameras to count occupants. Incredibly easy AI vision problem. Or they could have a very simple app to declare it. Face it, the tech they use now is 25 years obsolete.

[@mikeo8890]

I​@@PaulRobinson-g6k not for the Bay bridge

[@kha-wu9bi]

Why would anyone put a transponder at the bottom of the windshield, let alone a bottom corner of the windshield? I think it was mostly her fault.

[@therichtershow]

paying for using the road that you're already paying taxes for

[@sareptasweetie1978]

I stay confused because I have a fast track and I didn't know that the fast track couldn't be used I'm riverside or Orange County. Didn't realize that until I got the ticket in the mail.

[@ElementaryWatson-123]

Happy Easter, brought to you by Fastrack.😁

[@zhaneranger]

There are also a lot of fast lane cheaters who set it to “3” but really only have one person.

[@tuber6382]

Windshield??!?!? What about Caltrains???

[@aw8079]

The "fast lane" should be open to all . This is a two tier society. Elitism.

[@danc2014]

It is open to all you just pay more if you have less people in the car.

[@miket4234]

register and use ur license plate instead

[@DarianDT]

I'm from Chicago and we have our toll bill by license plate, don't need that device, it just scans our license plate every time we pass the tollway and bills us on the app.

[@PaulRobinson-g6k]

With the fastrack device the user sets a switch to indicate that they have the required number of people to use the toll lanes for free. When only the license plate is used how to do you indicate that you have the required number of people to use the lane for free?

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

We have much greedier capitalists here in California. There's always a way to insert a third party to get paid for no good reason.

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

​@@PaulRobinson-g6kyour mistake is assuming we need FasTrack in the first place. We have toll cameras too that take pictures of the driver. So it isn't a stretch to use the video to determine the fare.

[@thedopplereffect00]

​@@forthesnowflakes7691that has nothing to do with capitalism. It's your government

[@tjs114]

@@PaulRobinson-g6k I've been on the Illinois toll roads, they don't have 'free lane usage' so they always get charged; but it is much cheaper than what we pay here.

[@eat_the_octopus]

The bigger question is who sets the toll charges? The charges are ridiculous. There is no cap. I've seen the tolls over 14 dollars when youre in traffic and it was literally less then half that a minute earlier.there should be a gradual rise and then taper off. Its criminal what they charge and how they do it

[@danc2014]

It is based on the traffic conditions and the length on the road. I have seen a $9 price but it was only for 5 miles.

[@jamesplotkin4674]

Dim bulb with disposable cash for a Mach-E needs to stay in school if it takes 48 trips to figure this out. I would have noticed from the very first day.

[@stratfordbaby]

Exactly. I would have tested it out and checked online immediately after the first 1-2 trips.

[@scrapbrainsinc]

Better question? How does a student afford that nice mustang?

[@ubacow7109]

It happensd to me years ago, US implementation of fast pass sucks. They couldnt develop a proper module and syatem that could charge for tolls properly.

[@atumra7285]

Sounds like fastrak charging extra fees for bonuses

[@stratfordbaby]

I would never trust one of those devices. Looks like it came out of 1992.

[@ironcladpatriot5829]

It's not my windshield at fault.... it's the politicians who want to charge me for using roads funded by our tax dollars.

[@DonJulio4649]

Sounds like Fastrack have a faulty product.

[@danc2014]

no they still mange to bill her, she just needs to correct things to reduce the higher price to get her discount.

[@rallyworld3417]

Is it gps based???

[@erik20675]

Time for somebody to update their tech!

[@sam_cs_49er]

I can say…fastrak needs to fix both the toll tag given to us and the transponders on the highways…not our windshields per se due to moving my tag with 2 of my cars.

[@danc2014]

Once you register your cars you do not need the transponder. They will read your plate and charge you full price.

[@tigerbalmespresso]

LIARS. Why has my bill the same every month around $260, no matter how much I drive. Extortionists.

[@dikoman516]

Why does FastTrack even exist? Why do we have to pay for road extra when we already pay a lot of driving and road and transportation related taxes ???

[@danc2014]

you are saving the air by promoting car pool. and less cars on the road.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

The solution would be for automakers to adopt the ETC card technology used in countries like Japan and Taiwan. No janky box or sticker you mount to the windshield, just a card reader in the glove box and a transmitter outside your car.

[@danc2014]

the inside box allows you to alter the number inside the car when it changes.

[@sirismile2010]

if they can read and charge it... why blame the windshield... to me its unrelated, unless they can prove the windshield can alter the signal so exactly from multi driver to single driver...

[@TriadicSilver]

Never understood why they go by a transmitter when they can just go by the license plate number.

[@SimplyCali619]

Even with transponder you still have to input your license plate on the account incase it the transponder didn't transmit, like this person's case....her transponder allows her to be exempt from the toll if the car is +2/+3 depending on certain time of the day