Without toll booths, how are electronic tolls enforced?
When a new electronic tolling project is started, there is a lot of publicity to make sure everyone gets a transponder before the tolls are collected. When cars pass through the electronic toll “gate” without a transponder, an automated system photographs their license plate which allows a bill to be mailed to them so the toll can be collected. Because non-local drivers likely won’t have a transponder, this system can be used to collect the toll from them. Fines can also be used this way for repeat offenders. Decisions such as how to capture non-local users and when to charge fines will not be made until after a preferred alternative is selected, assuming tolling is chosen as a way to pay for it.
