Anyone mounted a tollroad / metroexpress / fastrak transponder anywhere?
#21
Thanks! Looks like I'll need to place a call with the CA EZPass office soon.
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I keep mine in the glovebox. The plate reader makes sure I get charged even if the transponder doesn't get picked up. I used to put it the map case on my motorcycle tank bag in plain sight and it wouldn't get picked up, but they never missed charging me. I completely stopped worrying about it.
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#26
So the question becomes this: if your license plate is properly on file, do you even need the transponder out, ever (unless you are parking at the airport and need to tap it to open the gate)???
For you diminutive and lovely East Coasters... look at this *$#&*!!! http://www.mercurynews.com/portlet/a...shipId=6927627
That thing has got to be 5"x4" or something. I have one that is maybe 4.5" by 3.5", and I think that is our smallest.
HOLY CRAP I FOUND IT!!!!!!
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml
Pardon the enthusiasm.
Inside your account, go to Vehicles & Tags ---> "Order a Toll Tag" ---> "Exterior transponder" Bingo.
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#27
On the West Coast Bay Area, our system does it through the transponder, but also license plate algorithms that cross reference cars to accounts, so when a transponder fails or doesn't go off (or is in the glove box), they don't waste paper send out bills that are erroneous and need to be retracted due to being legit accounts.
So the question becomes this: if your license plate is properly on file, do you even need the transponder out, ever (unless you are parking at the airport and need to tap it to open the gate)???
For you diminutive and lovely East Coasters... look at this *$#&*!!! Image Viewer
That thing has got to be 5"x4" or something. I have one that is maybe 4.5" by 3.5", and I think that is our smallest.
HOLY CRAP I FOUND IT!!!!!!
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml
Pardon the enthusiasm.
So the question becomes this: if your license plate is properly on file, do you even need the transponder out, ever (unless you are parking at the airport and need to tap it to open the gate)???
For you diminutive and lovely East Coasters... look at this *$#&*!!! Image Viewer
That thing has got to be 5"x4" or something. I have one that is maybe 4.5" by 3.5", and I think that is our smallest.
HOLY CRAP I FOUND IT!!!!!!
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml
Pardon the enthusiasm.
#28
Been so long since I've driven that far north I didn't recall it was a toll road. That said, it is in the tropical coastal region of Ohio!
#29
I venture out occasionally onto MD toll roads without a transponder and have not yet been fined. The charge just ends up on the bill a bit later than usual with the plate number rather than the transponder number. Penalties are quite severe if a plate number is not associated with a valid EZPass account.
#30
HOLY CRAP I FOUND IT!!!!!!
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml
Pardon the enthusiasm.
Inside your account, go to Vehicles & Tags ---> "Order a Toll Tag" ---> "Exterior transponder" Bingo.
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml
Pardon the enthusiasm.
Inside your account, go to Vehicles & Tags ---> "Order a Toll Tag" ---> "Exterior transponder" Bingo.
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I tried to get one from NY EZpass a few years ago, and they told me my car had to be on a list of cars that they'd do this for, or prove that my windshield mounted one would not function. I didn't expend any energy trying to convince them of their flawed logic, so stuck with the windshield brick. They're probably more reasonable these days....
#37
Follow up:
Those larger banana sized black tags are great, but don't fit *anywhere*, and I am not making my license plate pregnant.
I through the original transponder in the glove compartment (square white one), and it "dings" when I drive through.
Glove compartment works. Problem solved.
Those larger banana sized black tags are great, but don't fit *anywhere*, and I am not making my license plate pregnant.
I through the original transponder in the glove compartment (square white one), and it "dings" when I drive through.
Glove compartment works. Problem solved.
#38
Yeah, it was/is probably designed to be mounted on a front license plate, but I have hidden them different places in nooks and crannies in front or under front of cars. I drive from PA to NC regularly, and D.C. and NYC, including express lanes - it always reads. In fact I had an occasional non-read years ago with Interior bricks, but never with the hidden external ones. Disclaimer: I suppose non-reads could happen to you, and I am sure they would say you should mount on your license plate or your forehead or whatever, but hiding it works great.
Just got my R and am looking at doing the same setup you showed in the picture. Quick question: how did you mount it? Looks to be a pretty tight compartment so not sure how you would drill something in. Thanks in advance!
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