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Toll Violation on 528 in Orlando
On my way to TV today from the airport in Orlando, I accidentally drove through a Sunpass lane on 528. I am in a rental car. At the first tollboth on the Florida turnpike I got a card from the toll booth attendant which has the address on which to mail the check for violating the toll. Of course my checkbook is back home in Illinois, so I won't be able to take care of this until I return on 6/17.
Leave it to me to violate a Florida state law within 24 hrs. of arrival. :ohdear: Anyone know offhand what the fine will be for this? Mea culpa. |
Why not just mail them a USPS Money Order?
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I don't know but when I was driving south, I was somewhere near Newark airport when my gps went insane. I ended up going around and around and when i realized I was about to cross the GW and go back to NYC, I crossed over a cone divider to go through the toll I had just gone through 5 minutes earlier. The amount calculated for the toll was increased by $12 for a penalty for crossing the cones. In my case, it was worth it. The GW would have been $12.
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Call the number....I had a friend a year ago do the same thing...accept they threw a dollar in because it was unmanned where they went through and they didn't have change. Got a $52 toll violation/fines, after talking to them got it down to $28...not all that sure what was involved but the rental car agency was part of it. :( Basically told them if they had called right after they got home (the number on the website) the charges would have been next to nothing. But they had no idea and felt they were okay cause they threw a bill in :( Live and learn...
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First of all,don't pay a dime until the bill actually comes your way. I did the same thing in a rental car and never got the bill. Came to find out that agency had a transponder for that car and it only cost me the actual toll amount ($1.50 i think plus a few bucks for the transponder rental use).
If you went through the toll illegally without a transponder, then the license plate is captured and the owner of the car (the rental agency in this case) will be sent the violation. They will then bill you. The fine for those tolls is $100. There are signs everywhere! But don't just send Sunpass any money assuming you owe something. I would think you could use a credit or debit card if you needed to anyway. |
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Well I got that fine both ways as I totally missed it in March. The rental car company sent me the bill, two of them, it is in the small print that you have to pay the fine AND the administration fee. You pay it through the rental car company as the bill will go to them. I paid $25.50 x 2!
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I ran one on the 408. I have sunpass,, but forgot to put it on the windshield, so it did not pick it up. THey mailed me a ticket along with a photo of the back of my car showing my plate.. the ticket was for 1.50 the cost of the toll. If I did not pay it within the specified days given,, it would add like a 25.00 penealty. That was it. paid the 1.50, all is good.
On a rental,, they would mail it to them reg. owner,,, they would find you. |
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Not to worry Laura. Come and see us. Also...there are no toll roads coming from Tampa and it is about the same distance here and sometimes cheaper to fly there. |
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I'm headed to Chicago in a couple weeks and the I-Pass is already neatly tucked into the console of the car... ha ha I hear they have raised tolls recently :( Welcome back and have a good visit! |
when we rent we always add the toll to the car that way we don't screw up
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The new state motto...Illinois where our ex-governors make our license plates. |
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We sold our last home there in 2008 on a relocation to Germany. Thank God, my company had a good investment protection program, which I used extensively :D Have a good trip.... |
on your first offense you will get offwith just a warning as this happened to us as well..but on your second you will get a fine plus a fee for clerical work about 3 more dollars added to the fine.
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Go to the sunpass website. There is alot of information on the site including how visitors with their own car or rental cars can temporarily use sunpass options.
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Safe travels. |
I did the same thing when we first moved to Fl. Just got in the Sunpass lane accidentally and could not move over due to traffic. After a couple of months I got a bill showing the picture of my license plate for $3.50. Paid it online and that took care of it. I was expecting a fine of $100. Was happy to see I only owed $3.50.
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I seem to remember tolls coming from Tampa on the Veterans Expressway which starts right at the airport. There are probably better ways to get to TV but it was my first visit so we took the nearest road. |
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I am happily envious for everyone who either did not have to pay or paid a few dollars. Dollar rent a car charged me automatically through my debit card before I even knew why $25.50 x 2 as I did the same thing both ways not knowing I had even done it once. There was no discussion to be had, they said it was in my contract and since I refused the toll pass they sell, I had to pay the total $51. I never left TV with my rental the whole time I was there and in fact parked the car except for one trip to Cane Gardens for dinner and used the golf cart I had loaned to me for all my other trips. So I guess beware of Dollar Rent a Car or be smarter than me, or actually, both.
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The same happened to me a couple years ago in a rental car the sunpass lane was confusing. The rental car company sent me a bill for $10. Most of which were administrative charges by the rental company. They get the fine in the mail as the owner not you.
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Called Thrifty yesterday -- they have a "ticket and toll violations" department. In about 4 to 6 weeks I will be getting a letter from Thrifty detailing the $25 administrative fee plus the cost of the toll I missed on 528 which will be charged to my credit card. Oh well live and learn.
FYI: The woman at Thrifty said that all tolls in Florida will be cashless by January 1, 2013. She said that the tolls in the Miami area are already all cashless. Don't know if this is true or not, just reporting what she said. Will have to think about this when I return to TV in October as I don't want to pay $6 a day for Sunpass when I may only use 528 and the turnpike when I'm leaving the airport and returning to the airport in Orlando. |
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You can get a Sun Pass that you can only use on one car. I forgot the exeact fee, but was given a Sun Pass credit for the fee. So, therefore, the Sun Pass was free.
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Yup, that is what happened to be, twice, once each way. $25.50 for each violation from Dollar rental right on my charge card. It was an honest mistake as I did not understand those side tolls, I thought it was for if you exit there and one I did not even see! But my mistake. No mercy by the rental company.
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