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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
heres a question others might know though. I rent vehicles quite often. I have never gotten a photo-radar ticket yet and i usually speed more in a rental. Do they just cancel them, does the agency get the ticket , or am i just lucky
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I actually was wondering this for a while, as I had driven through many toll booths without proper change (especially in Texas and Florida) in rentals cars when I traveled a lot for my regular job.
Only one time did the ticket work its way to me, but it worked its way good. I didn't have enough cash to pay for a bridge toll in Boston (if I remember correctly, it was something ridiculous like $20), and they told me they'd be sending me a ticket with payment instructions to the car registrant's address, and that I would have to pay $50 instead of the regular toll. About 4 months later, Thrifty (my rental car company of choice) sends me a multi-page letter explaining that my credit card on file has been charged a substantial fine ($100+) plus $8 in paperwork fees for non-payment of that toll.
So from my experience, small toll things are ignored/wavied, but anywhere where you pay a substantial toll (and thus there's a substantial fine), they'll eventually work their way to you. The interesting thing is Thrifty used my information to pay the fine for me, and told me about it later.
Its been years and the missed tolls I've had in Florida and Texas haven't touched me. (I hate how there's toll booths in Florida that require exact change and have no manned Cashier booths late at night, automatic screwage)