Submitted by [deleted] t3_z4kt7v in Pennsylvania
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixrdmyr wrote
There haven't been in person toll pay in PA for a while now. It's pay by EZ pass or by license plate.
tacticalassassin t1_ixre07z wrote
Well that’s concerning. I and several others paid cash when we drove through the toll booths
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixre2j1 wrote
How long ago was this?
tacticalassassin t1_ixrelng wrote
This was October 2022
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixres0b wrote
Yes, I'm pretty sure they went cashless back in 2020 and never went back to it.
tacticalassassin t1_ixrfhsb wrote
Then who was I paying cash to? Was I being scammed? I wouldn’t have been able to get through the toll booth otherwise
MomsSpecialFriend t1_ixrmtew wrote
I think you were in Ohio where there are $3 tolls. We don’t have them, you would have remembered paying $40.
tacticalassassin t1_ixros39 wrote
That sounds correct. I think my confusion lies around the transition from OH to PA turnpike
CrazyOkie t1_ixs2jh0 wrote
yeah, exactly this. And, we don't have anything to prevent you from driving right through the toll booth
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixrftne wrote
Why couldn't you just drive through? Pa tollbooths don't have anything keeping you from driving right through. They just have lights telling you to stop or go.
Hugsie924 t1_ixrm8wl wrote
The machine reads your plate and bills you. So you're right you can drive right thru. Unless your brazen enough to remove your plate you'll get a bill(or the registered owner of the plate will).
woodsywoodducks t1_ixrjjm0 wrote
Are you sure you aren’t thinking of the Ohio toll stations? You do have to stop there and pay cash.
DespicableDaddy t1_ixrvugk wrote
Down 276 there is plate tolls. Unless u have Ezpass u get it in the mail
[deleted] OP t1_ixs22uu wrote
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msginbtween t1_ixrmp6z wrote
I saw cars lined up to pay cash on my way back from New Jersey on 276 at the “start” of the PA turnpike just yesterday.
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixrn0fv wrote
Must have been the Jersey side because Pa is all cashless. https://www.paturnpike.com/all-electronic-tolling
msginbtween t1_ixrnd5q wrote
Nope. Was on the PA side. Just after you get over the Delaware bridge heading westbound.
Kneedeep_in_Cyanide t1_ixro9tx wrote
That's the bridge toll
msginbtween t1_ixrpjxf wrote
OK. So the turnpike isn’t entirely cashless as the OP was questioning.
Kneedeep_in_Cyanide t1_ixrpymb wrote
The turnpike is. The bridge is run by the Bridge Commission and is a completely separate thing
Middle_Aged_Mayhem t1_ixrnpkt wrote
I just went through that toll on Saturday. No people in the booths. No toll collection at all.
satriales856 t1_ixrnwvk wrote
Going into Jersey?
msginbtween t1_ixro75u wrote
No. After leaving New Jersey and getting to the PA side heading westbound.
satriales856 t1_ixrpybg wrote
There was an accident near the toll plaza.
msginbtween t1_ixro3jd wrote
I don’t know what to tell ya. This was just yesterday. There was two lanes of 20 or so cars lined up to pay the toll. I was in the ez-pass lane that goes fast and around and saw all these cars lined up paying cash.
rcos152 t1_ixrrjnx wrote
I went through there too, they sometimes use that pull off for weight checks on trucks but they definitely no longer take cash at those booths. No one was in line when I passed through yesterday morning.
CodeGreige t1_ixru0p0 wrote
If you are talking about a bridge, that’s different.
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