[Schaumburger]

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.
Anyone know offhand what the fine will be for this? Mea culpa.

[AJ32162]

Why not just mail them a USPS Money Order?

[shcisamax]

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.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by AJ32162

Why not just mail them a USPS Money Order?

Thank you for the idea about the money order. I still have to find out how much the fine is. I may check the web site. There is a phone number on the card given to me by the toll booth attendant, but I'm betting that phone number is not answered on the weekends.

[anlashokna]

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...

[Russ_Boston]

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.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

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.

When I picked up the car at the Orlando airport, Thrifty wanted something like $7 per day to have a transponder in the car. Since I don't plan on using the turnpike or 528 until I return to Orlando in 9 days, I wasn't going to pay $63 to only go through approx. 8 tolls round trip, so I declined buying the transponder. My bad for not seeing the lanes where you pay cash on 528. I did the same thing about 10 years ago near my home in suburban Chicago. I wised up fast and got an I-Pass right after that.

[jane032657]

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!

[GaryW]

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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Schaumburger

Thank you for the idea about the money order. I still have to find out how much the fine is. I may check the web site. There is a phone number on the card given to me by the toll booth attendant, but I'm betting that phone number is not answered on the weekends.

Send a PM to Bill-n-Brillo. They are on their way home today but he was telling us last night that this happened to him and I don't think anything further happened. Also this happened, I think to Gigene.

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.

[memason]

Originally Posted by Schaumburger

When I picked up the car at the Orlando airport, Thrifty wanted something like $7 per day to have a transponder in the car. Since I don't plan on using the turnpike or 528 until I return to Orlando in 9 days, I wasn't going to pay $63 to only go through approx. 8 tolls round trip, so I declined buying the transponder. My bad for not seeing the lanes where you pay cash on 528. I did the same thing about 10 years ago near my home in suburban Chicago. I wised up fast and got an I-Pass right after that.

Russ is right...they will send the bill to the rental car company. The rental car company will, in turn, bill you. I had the same thing happen to me, on my first trip to TV and I got billed about $7.00 for a missed toll. I normally rent from Enterprise now and they tell you to just go through the Sun-Pass lanes and they will bill you after the fact.

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!

[asianthree]

when we rent we always add the toll to the car that way we don't screw up

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by GaryW

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.

I thought if you forgot to use the transponder and you had that license plate registered with the transponder you could give them that info and they would simply charge the account the normal toll.

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by memason

Russ is right...they will send the bill to the rental car company. The rental car company will, in turn, bill you. I had the same thing happen to me, on my first trip to TV and I got billed about $7.00 for a missed toll. I normally rent from Enterprise now and they tell you to just go through the Sun-Pass lanes and they will bill you after the fact.

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!

We rented a car in western NYS. While in Canada visiting family we asked the fastest way to get from point A to point B. The route they gave us was a transponder only toll road - no toll booths. We got a bill from Hertz, toll plus an administrative fee. I thought it was reasonable considering it happened out of the USA with a car rented in the USA.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by memason

Russ is right...they will send the bill to the rental car company. The rental car company will, in turn, bill you. I had the same thing happen to me, on my first trip to TV and I got billed about $7.00 for a missed toll. I normally rent from Enterprise now and they tell you to just go through the Sun-Pass lanes and they will bill you after the fact.

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!

Yes, tolls in Illinoise went up this past January 1 -- they have doubled. The state of Illinois is just about broke. Fortunately I normally only use the tollway once or twice a month. I love living in Crook County (a/k/a Cook County).

The new state motto...Illinois where our ex-governors make our license plates.