In an effort to reduce congestion, tollbooths will be eliminated at allMetropolitan Transportation Authority bridges and tunnels next year, and replaced with automatic tolling, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomoannounced on Wednesday.
Instead of charging drivers who are stopped at toll plazas, the authority will use sensors and cameras to automatically charge cars that have been equipped with E-ZPass; those without it will have their license plates recorded by camera, and a bill will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
The move is part of a national trend, with tolling authorities adapting to E-ZPass or similar electronic toll systems, allowing participating drivers to whisk through toll plazas as the ever-shrinking cash-only lanes pile with traffic.
And of course, that means the end of anonymity at the tolls. The surveillance state encroaches again.
from Stowe Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/151421026082
