Florida Tolls

[simpsontruckdriver]

A couple corrections from an Orlando resident:

1) Florida is merging Sunpass with E-Pass, so any device you waste your money on will work everywhere.
2) Later this year, Florida tax (toll) roads would be able to use EZ-Pass (NE USA).

The reason it's a waste? You can easily drive US-441 to Miami and see the small towns, see where most of the US' sugar is refined, see Florida's largest lake, and even drive next to The Everglades. Or take SR-192 east to I-95, south to Miami.

TS

 

[Talent312]

You can easily drive US-441 to Miami and see the small towns, see where most of the US' sugar is refined, see Florida's largest lake, and even drive next to The Everglades. Or take SR-192 east to I-95, south to Miami.

Yeah... For those with time to kill.
But for others, time has meaning and we do not want to waste our time
with small towns, traffic lights, or gawking at sugar fields, lakes or swamps.
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[suenmike32]

I rented a car from Hertz (for 4 days). I drove to Key West via the Fl Tpk one 1 day only. The tolls were $5.28
Hertz just billed me for $30.03 ($4.95 admin fee per day no matter how many days you use the turnpike).
Although I've heard that other rental car companies are worse...I think it stinks that they do not advise you of this at the time of pickup.
They "Warned" us that upon return of the vehicle, that it must be "filled up" at a gas station no further than 10 miles from the drop-off point and that I had to have a gas receipt to "prove it".
That turned out to be a lie....but we heeded the warning and did what we were told.
It just annoys me that they will tell you lies (about the gas), yet won't tell you the truth about tolls/platepass on their vehicles.
Mike

 

[Jason245]

I rented a car from Hertz (for 4 days). I drove to Key West via the Fl Tpk one 1 day only. The tolls were $5.28
Hertz just billed me for $30.03 ($4.95 admin fee per day no matter how many days you use the turnpike).
Although I've heard that other rental car companies are worse...I think it stinks that they do not advise you of this at the time of pickup.
They "Warned" us that upon return of the vehicle, that it must be "filled up" at a gas station no further than 10 miles from the drop-off point and that I had to have a gas receipt to "prove it".
That turned out to be a lie....but we heeded the warning and did what we were told.
It just annoys me that they will tell you lies (about the gas), yet won't tell you the truth about tolls/platepass on their vehicles.
Mike

Just like timeshares and everything else. Read your contract....

This is a simple way for hertz to make extra money.

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[rapmarks]

A couple corrections from an Orlando resident:

1) Florida is merging Sunpass with E-Pass, so any device you waste your money on will work everywhere.
2) Later this year, Florida tax (toll) roads would be able to use EZ-Pass (NE USA).

The reason it's a waste? You can easily drive US-441 to Miami and see the small towns, see where most of the US' sugar is refined, see Florida's largest lake, and even drive next to The Everglades. Or take SR-192 east to I-95, south to Miami.

TS

I would like to know more about merging with EZPass. We purchased the transponder in Illinois and used it throughout the northeast. We will be going to the keys with that car in Feb and would like to be able to use that transponder. I purchased a Florida Sunpass on our other car, but it is not transferable and it also did not give us any credit , we had to pay extra for tolls.

 

[Jason245]

I would like to know more about merging with EZPass. We purchased the transponder in Illinois and used it throughout the northeast. We will be going to the keys with that car in Feb and would like to be able to use that transponder. I purchased a Florida Sunpass on our other car, but it is not transferable and it also did not give us any credit , we had to pay extra for tolls.

Call sun pass they might be able to help you.

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[rapmarks]

Call sun pass they might be able to help you.

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they told me no such thing, but I don't believe that is true.

 

[Jason245]

they told me no such thing, but I don't believe that is true.

https://www.sunpass.com/index

I don't know or see anything about merging with the network from the north... I would trust whatever is on their website.

 

[Tacoma]

Our fancy new bridge into Vancouver on the #1 highway is a toll bridge with no booths. You have to go online and pay if you don't have a transponder (I assume they exist for regular users). It is quick and painless. If they have to bill you after 2 weeks or so they increase the fee because they would have to find the registered owner of the plate and send a bill in the mail. Seems like a system that works but it is very obvious you are on a toll bridge and there is only one toll (that I know of) in the area.

Joan

 

[theo]

<< Sunpass >>

All states throughout the East use and acknowledge EZ Pass. Florida, however, chooses to stand alone with its' own Florida Sun Pass, as is their prerogative I guess.

As a Florida resident, do you have any thoughts or speculation as to why Florida would choose to have its' own, in-state only, toll pass system rather than just join up with all of the other states in the single, unified EZ Pass system?

Just curious...

 

[Jason245]

All states throughout the East use and acknowledge EZ Pass. Florida, however, chooses to stand alone with its' own Florida Sun Pass, as is their prerogative I guess.

As a Florida resident, do you have any thoughts or speculation as to why Florida would choose to have its' own, in-state only, toll pass system rather than just join up with all of the other states in the single, unified EZ Pass system?

Just curious...

We in florida like to maintain our own records. Sunpass is a state run agency subject to sunshine laws. In addition, we don't tend to trust other states...

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[SMHarman]

All states throughout the East use and acknowledge EZ Pass. Florida, however, chooses to stand alone with its' own Florida Sun Pass, as is their prerogative I guess.

As a Florida resident, do you have any thoughts or speculation as to why Florida would choose to have its' own, in-state only, toll pass system rather than just join up with all of the other states in the single, unified EZ Pass system?

Just curious...

They used a different transponder tech (radio frequency of transponder) so Ez pass cannot be read and vice versa.

We in florida like to maintain our own records. Sunpass is a state run agency subject to sunshine laws. In addition, we don't tend to trust other states...

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All states maintain their own toll systems. The ezpass compact allows cross state / agency billing of tolls.

Your NY plate goes through a NJ toll, NJ send a file of plate and pass and toll and fee details to NY. NY load that into their system and write a check to NJ.

Of course the check is likely a net payment monthly and the load is likely an automated sftp/xml feed these days but you get the picture.

 

[theo]

We in florida like to maintain our own records. Sunpass is a state run agency subject to sunshine laws. In addition, we don't tend to trust other states...

O.K., if you say so.......although I'm frankly not at all persuaded regarding just how much "sunshine" automated toll collection actually requires.

We in all the unwashed EZ Pass states trust Florida's judgement . After all, without FL, we would never have had the opportunity to see a Presidential election outcome turned over to the U.S. Supreme Court, after abject failure to successfully count / sort out "dimpled ballots" and "hanging chads". Or was that some other Florida?

 

[Jason245]

O.K., if you say so......although I'm frankly not persuaded regarding just how much "sunshine" automated toll collection actually requires. onder:

We in all the unwashed EZ Pass states trust Florida's judgement implicitly. Without Florida, we would never have had the opportunity to see a Presidential election outcome handed over to the U.S. Supreme Court, after abject failure to successfully count / sort out "dimpled ballots" and "hanging chads". Or was that some other Florida?

All the people that manage the program work for state of florida. We want them to keep their jobs... Florida always trys to be different because they can...

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