Saturday, March 3, 2012

FREE RIDE TO END FOR THRUWAY TOLL BANDITS.(MAIN)

Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer

ALBANY -- Getting thousands of Thruway motorists who dodge tolls and fines to pay up hasn't been so E-Z.

Each year, the Thruway Authority issues hundreds of thousands of violations to customers with chronically delinquent E-ZPass accounts, as well as to drivers who use the lanes illegally.

But with only about a quarter of tolls and fines owed being collected, the authority wants to end the free ride for toll cheats.

Among the ideas: hiring an outside collection agency that could net millions of dollars for the state agency.

``We have made a number of improvements to E-ZPass,'' said Thruway …

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