Free-flow tolling starts on the Gateway and Logan Motorways on 1 July.And free-flow charging is also about to begin.
From 1 July, Queensland Motorways is introducing a new suite of charges for unsuspecting motorists.
Manual top-ups of accounts will incur a $1 penalty in the future.
Mailed statements will incur an extra slug of $3 and a 40 cent per use fee will apply to users who accidentally forget their electronic tag.
This 40c charge would apply even if the tag is in the vehicle but does not register for some reason.
Free-flow tolling from 1 July will be great for everyone except for the toll collectors who will be out of a job, people who like to carefully control their finances, drivers who like written financial statements and those who accidentally leave their electronic tag at home.
The good news is that there will be no minimum usage fee.
The bad news is that this has NOT been ruled out as a future option.
FYI
ReplyDeleteThose toll collectors have known this was comming for years.
They have been offered training for positions in other areas of the company.
Most of them are taking the attractive redundancy packages rather than working an another area.
There are or will be casual toll operators who are fully informed of the limited period of the job they have.
$1 for manual top up what a joke i dont want these prick's auto topping up when my account gets down to $10. Thats $10 that they pretty well keep and earn interest on, 40c for video recognition blatant rip off. I ride a motorbike so my tolls has gone up roughly 35% because of this crappy new set up. It is nothing but a major rip off and i will risk copping a fine but will do my best to cheat this system even if it means breaking the law with reflective spray on my number plate. You suck QLD Motorways!!!
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