No more free tolls in Vic

[Smitty]

Motorcyclists about to get slugged on Melbourne tollways

With the announcement that motorcycle and scooter riders will have to pay tolls to use EastLink, the new freeway connecting Donvale in Melbourne's north east to Frankston in the south east, Honda says a rapidly growing segment of the commuter market will be discriminated against....snip
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Its official..the public notices were published today (see below)

max in 1 pass for mudderboikes is $2.49
but get on and get off and get on can cost you up to $4.70 from one end to the other
but if you have no tag..you get billed an invoice fee of $4.49
and if you no pay an extra overdue account fee for...$8+
plus
the Vicroads lookup fee of $1.54

means that little trip may be expensive


the funny thing about link is no-one I know goes in that direction
and its doubtful I will ever use it

another PPP brought to you by yr friendly state guvmint

[mike-s]

Yeeehah!!! *sarcasm*


seriously though, have they addressed the whole, oh i dont know, HTF you attach a tag to your bike? fuckin wankers.

[dilligaf]

max in 1 pass for mudderboikes is $2.49
but get on and get off and get on can cost you up to $4.70 from one end to the other
but if you have no tag..you get billed an invoice fee of $4.49
and if you no pay an extra overdue account fee for...$8+
plus
the Vicroads lookup fee of $1.54

means that little trip may be expensive

maybe not? the website says

Motorcycle tolls cost half of the equivalent car tolls, and range from 17 cents up to a toll cap of $2.49. Motorcycles don't need tags and are not charged image processing fees.

[zzzak]

I don't carry my tag on the bike,when I got it I rode home via toll roads and when the notice arrived I just used the site to enter my new details on the existing account,they read the numberplate and assume you have a faulty tag.

[red_dave]

I don't carry my tag on the bike,when I got it I rode home via toll roads and when the notice arrived I just used the site to enter my new details on the existing account,they read the numberplate and assume you have a faulty tag.

Me too...

You'd think they'd have a better system though

[mike-s]

I have a RTA tag, no penalties for a failure to detect from the system (hell sometimes holding the tag up by hand pointing AT the reader it still fails ) other days it works fine, really seems more temperamental than a 15y/o pissed off at her parents. Thusly i just have the car and bikes on my etag account and never carry the tag on my bike and just keep it in the car and don't worry if it doesn't read. I've never incurred any extra $ for this.

Only time i had a hiccup is when i got the tag, for some reason there was a delay on a cc processing at one point. Thusly the LCT gave me a notice for violation, i never did anything further and just ignored the warning (it was from a fricking year and a half ago, i figured that if there wasnt a statute of limitations on being liable for it, they can contact me again if the really wanted their $2.49)

[Six Addict]

[quote]i figured that if there wasnt a statute of limitations on being liable for it, they can contact me again if the really wanted their $2.49[/quote

except its actualy about $14 cos they charge u a fee fr not paying....

i tried to ride over the bridge hear holding the tag up... didnt beep... but my numberplate is attatched to the account... so no notice over a month later... the system works!!!