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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1563664" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/24/i-team-tobin-bridge-toll-fees-could-cost-drivers-their-jobs/" target="_blank">http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/24/i-team-tobin-bridge-toll-fees-could-cost-drivers-their-jobs/</a></p><p>BOSTON (CBS) – For a lot of people, including the governor who takes the Tobin Bridge from the North Shore, open road tolling makes a lot of sense. There is no stopping at toll booths and less traffic.</p><p>But that is not necessarily the case for all drivers, particularly those who don’t have transponders and opt to use Pay-by-Plate, a system where a photo is taken of the driver’s license plate and a bill is sent to address where the car is registered. Richard Fay of Lynnfield is one of those drivers. “I was kind of floored,” he said talking about the bill he got for going over the bridge 17 times.</p><p>At $3 per toll he expected a bill for around $51. He admits he was late paying the toll and was even prepared for a late fee. But he wasn’t prepared for the bill stating he owed $1059. “It felt like extortion,” he said. For Renee Barretto, it was even worse. Her two dozen trips over the Tobin turned into $4,569. “I felt hopeless,” she said.</p><p></p><p>Renee and Richard both got hit with late fees. MassDot charges $50 for each toll that is not paid 60 days, another $40 dollars on top of that if it goes unpaid for a total of 120 days. The fees continue to grow the longer the bill goes unpaid.</p><p>MassDot did offer to cut Renee’s bill in half, but even $2,000 is more money than she can come up with and the agency refused to allow her to pay it off monthly. If she doesn’t pay by the end of March, she’ll lose her license and her job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1563664, member: 12952"] [URL]http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/24/i-team-tobin-bridge-toll-fees-could-cost-drivers-their-jobs/[/URL] BOSTON (CBS) – For a lot of people, including the governor who takes the Tobin Bridge from the North Shore, open road tolling makes a lot of sense. There is no stopping at toll booths and less traffic. But that is not necessarily the case for all drivers, particularly those who don’t have transponders and opt to use Pay-by-Plate, a system where a photo is taken of the driver’s license plate and a bill is sent to address where the car is registered. Richard Fay of Lynnfield is one of those drivers. “I was kind of floored,” he said talking about the bill he got for going over the bridge 17 times. At $3 per toll he expected a bill for around $51. He admits he was late paying the toll and was even prepared for a late fee. But he wasn’t prepared for the bill stating he owed $1059. “It felt like extortion,” he said. For Renee Barretto, it was even worse. Her two dozen trips over the Tobin turned into $4,569. “I felt hopeless,” she said. Renee and Richard both got hit with late fees. MassDot charges $50 for each toll that is not paid 60 days, another $40 dollars on top of that if it goes unpaid for a total of 120 days. The fees continue to grow the longer the bill goes unpaid. MassDot did offer to cut Renee’s bill in half, but even $2,000 is more money than she can come up with and the agency refused to allow her to pay it off monthly. If she doesn’t pay by the end of March, she’ll lose her license and her job. [/QUOTE]
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