In an effort to speed up the tolling process and cut costs, the Massachusetts Turnpike is transitioning from a system of toll tickets to either EZ-pass, or billing drivers tracked down through their plates. But drivers with obstructed plates, unreadable by toll sensors, are costing the state thousands of dollars.
From the story: “It’s supposed to improve travel time and save money, only the 22News I-Team took a closer look at the Tobin Bridge in Boston, where the program is already in place, and found some people are getting around paying. In just the first three months, on the Tobin Bridge, there were about 9 thousand obstructed plates, which is $27 thousand the state didn’t collect. The three months after that, there was another 68 hundred obstructed plates. The six months alone cost a total of about $47,691.”
Read the full story by News 22 - WWLP.