Tolling on 520

[Timmer]

When I rode across the 520 bridge last week, I stuck the 'GoodToGo' pass from my car under my windscreen. I later checked my account and found that I had been appropriately tolled but there was no record of my license plate.  Does anyone know if they have a way of reading a bike's rear plate?  If that's the case, what's to stop bikes from riding across without tolling? Not that I would do or in any way advocate such a thing.

[Mr Sunshine]

Why would it take a record of the plate if it can read the tag?

[Timmer]

Well that's my question. If you ride across without a pass does it capture the front or rear plate?  The way they're set up it looks like they're focused on the front but I don't know.  I'm just curious really.

[Andrew]

If it does  not get your plate, don't take the pass  

[Mr Sunshine]

Well that's my question. If you ride across without a pass does it capture the front or rear plate?  The way they're set up it looks like they're focused on the front but I don't know.  I'm just curious really.

Both.  Its not a photo but a video that is then processed for things that look like plates.

[katego]

If it does  not get your plate, don't take the pass  

hehe. yep. though i am sure they will eventually get you.

-k

[jsanford]

I just think it's funny that the Very First Car that went through the toll was clocked doing 76 miles per hour.  

[Mr Sunshine]

What's interesting is they knew how fast he was going.  Why do they know how fast he was going?

[Andrew]

I just think it's funny that the Very First Car that went through the toll was clocked doing 76 miles per hour.  

Soo much for "commute traffic"  

[AHCHIU]

Your Good to Go pass is not attached to your plate only your account, the reason your regester your plate # is if the scanner does not read it takes a picture around 24 per car/motorcycle and it will look up and search for it in the system, when they see it's on your account it takes the toll out of your account + $.25. but for them to id your plate they have 3 people ID your plate # if all 3 do not come up with the same plate # they won't charge you, ie if 1 person comes up with 1 digit off it's a no go for charging. The blue flashing LED lights are the cameras taking pictures. I have the motorcycle transponder's on my bikes, so when I go on the 167 Hot lane they won't charge me. You can also setup an account and regester your plate without buying a transponder and they will read your plate and take the toll out of your account + $0.25, I find myself taking the 520 more than I thought, I rather pay to get across faster than sit in stop and go traffic and take a chance of getting rear ended in traffic. I got rearended in 08 on the Ship Canal bridge getting  to the 520.

[siclmn]

The 167 hot lane is free for motorcycles. Why do you have a transponder for those lanes?

[AHCHIU]

The 167 hot lane is free for motorcycles. Why do you have a transponder for those lanes?

I was going to get the transponder that I can switch between my car and motorcycle, the motorcycle transponder will not deduct from your account, it knows it's a motorcycle, for the car I got the one I can switch off so when I have 2+ in the car I can turn it off.

[Mr Sunshine]

I saw an Audi recently with the motorcycle transponder on its headlight.