Toll Roads (Freeways)

Here in the Bay Area, if you don't have a "FasTrack" pass, then you would simply drive to the cash toll lane and pay the toll. If you don't have a FasTrack and attempt to drive through the FasTrack only lane, they will mail you a ticket that is the toll plus a $25 toll evasion fine. Not worth it! Just carry cash and pay the toll at the tollbooth. ;)

In all the traveling we have done, the Metroplex (DFW) tolls are the only ones where you dont stop and take a ticket, or pay the fee right up front. Take cash along with you and you will be fine.

You will need to go through the cash lane.

In CA they will bill you for the toll plus $50, if you miss that cutoff it is plus $100 (I was out of town). They checked my history and realized it wasn't a habit and let me off for $12 instead of $102!! Works for me!

i know what you're worried about - the roads like 121 that don't have toll booths. the vast majority of toll roads have the booths, so i think a lot of the people responding don't realize what you're stressing over. many of our TX toll roads read license plates/toll tags, there is no "booth" option - it either deducts from your toll tag OR they mail you a bill in the mail(which is slightly more expensive, but not a lot). what i have "heard" is that if you encounter a road like that with an out of state tag, it can't "read" your tag, and you end up not being billed. seriously, if i was out travelling and encountered a boothless toll road, i'd continue on my way and pay the bill if it came, beyond that, i wouldn't worry a great deal about it. if the roads have booths, carry small bills and quarters in the car with you. have a safe trip!

which states will you be traveling through? They are all a bit different. Your TX tag would not work here in IL, so you would have to use the cash lane on the far right, or they will take a picture of your license plate & send you a bill and violation fine in the mail. Each missed toll is a $50 fine.

Our toll roads are done on EZ Pass and it is connected to all the tolls from Florida to Maine...

You can call your carrier to find out where and whom they are associated with so that you can better plan your trip...

EDIT: All toll roads that I've been down have a CASH lane....so you don't have to re-route your travels! :)

HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

In Illinois, you would simply drive in the "cash lane." There would be no scanning your vehicle or toll tag. You would either toss coins into the basket or pay a teller at the window.

In the Chicago area, there are often 3 different lanes you can drive in: the one that scans your tag (I think it's called an "I-Pass), the one that is exact change and the one with a teller.

I live in central Illinois, and there are no tolls anywhere near me. We would have to drive at least 3 hours before we would encounter any type of toll, so there is no reason for us to have any kind of toll tag on our cars. Each state must have a system of some kind to deal with those of us with cash only.

If you're traveling in Kansas, there's one there that you paid a certain amount at one end of the road that covered the entire distance of that road -if you got off an exit before the entire stretch, the booths were there to adjust it and give the money back. Thought it was highway robbery when we first stopped at the first end - until we saw no other stops except for exits until the end of the toll road! (guess that one is still that way)

It really depends on what state you are travelling in...

In Kansas, on the turnpike (tollroad) they do have a K-Tag, but I don't know if it is tied to TX tag.... we just go through the manned booths. They give you a ticket when you enter the turnpike, and when you get off the turnpike, you go through another manned booth and pay.

Real easy... just be sure you have some cash.. I don't know if they take debit cards. (You don't have to have exact change, either!) Texas it is a bit annoying... you would have to go through the cash lane every 5 miles or whatever it is.

With E-Zpass, you keep a balance in your account and it will be deducted from that account when ever you use it for a toll on a participating road/bridge/tunnel.
The states that currently participate are: Virginia, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia.

in ohio you enter in the ticket lane or ticket/easy pass lane and get a ticket and when you get off your exit or exit ohio into another state you just pay the toll on the ticket for that exit and hand the toll and ticket to the person working a booth in PA when you enter you pay a fee and then that is it

For toll roads under North Texas Toll Authority (this includes the Dallas North Tollway and there is a reciprocal agreement for 121), the cash lanes have been eliminated. If you do not have a toll tag, then they photograph your license plate and send you a bill. It is no big deal. However, make sure the bill gets paid as the charges for unpaid invoices can mount quickly.

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We do not have a toll pass for any state and when we go to Chicago we always carry enough cash to cover tolls. Go through the person toll booths but carry some change with you in case you get off on one that is not manned. It's really no big deal.
It costs less than $30 for us to get home through PA and OH to IL, if I take the Ohio turnpike.

Tollways in Dallas metroplex will read your license plates and they will bill you

You can go to WWW.NTTA.ORG. to see the toll system in Dallas

All the toll roads in Texas will read the various Toll Tags but they will not work in other states unless it specifically says so. I'm pretty sure Texas Toll Tags are unique to Texas. If you travel through other states you will either need to use the cash lane or expect billing to you later.

I roadtrip all over.

If I'm going to be in a state for SOME time, I get whatever their version of an EZPass is. If not, I just keep rolls of quarters and dimes in the console. Slow down, toss in the toll, speed back up. In fact, in some states, it's faster to pay the toll in change than use the EZPass lanes. But that's what you look for. There has always been 2 sets of lanes in my roadtripping experience. EZ Pass Only, and "the rest" which does either EZ Pass & Change, or Change Only.

WHEN IN DOUBT : I just ask the first teller I come across if "I'm doing this right"

I don't think you can use a Texas toll tag in other states. If your looking at going through OK, I know you for sure can't use it there, you just gotta pay their tolls. Have cash ready!

I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area where there are now numerous toll roads none of which have cash lanes. Residents either have a Toll Tag or else a hi-speed camera takes a pic of your license plate and then you receive a bill in the mail. My understanding is that if you have out of state license plates and that state doesn't have a reciprocity agreement (say, Illinois) with Texas then you essentially ride the toll roads free -- the Texas toll system wouldn't recognize an Illinois plate because Texas doesn't have access to Illinois driver info. Now, a state like Oklahoma probably does have a reciprocity agreement (hence TX has access to Oklahoma driver info) because it borders Texas and there are a lot of OK drivers who use TX toll roads.

I know what you mean. I went to the Denver area and there were toll lanes with no cash lane, and signs up saying that from this point on, it was only for those with their version of a toll pass. Stress! Most states, though, do have a cash lane, such as OH and IL.