When you sign up for E-ZPass, you open up a
whole new frontier in convenient transportation. Instead of the
inconvenience of coins, tokens, and tickets, E-ZPass allows you to pay
tolls electronically as you pass through specially equipped toll lanes.
You can establish a prepaid E-ZPass
account using your credit card, personal check, or cash. The convenient
credit card payment option automatically replenishes your prepaid
account. Check and cash E-ZPass
accounts have a higher replenishment threshold and, are replenished by mailing or
delivering a payment to the E-ZPass Customer Service Center.
When you establish an E-ZPass prepaid
account, you receive a small electronic transponder that attaches to the
windshield inside your car. Within the transponder is an electronic chip that
contains information about your account. Each time you use a toll
facility where E-ZPass is offered, an overhead antenna at the toll plaza reads
the vehicle and account information contained in your transponder. The
appropriate toll is then electronically debited from your prepaid
account. A record of your transactions will be included in your periodic
statement.
Your E-ZPass transponder is installed using
fasteners that come with your transponder. The transponder should be installed
approximately one inch below the top of your windshield above your
rearview mirror. If there is not enough room above your mirror, the transponder
should be installed to the right of the mirror, approximately one inch
below the top of your windshield.
Some vehicles may require an external
transponder. Please refer to the customer application section, “Vehicles
Requiring External transponders“ to determine whether your vehicle requires an
internal or external transponder.
Once you've installed your transponder, simply
drive through the toll facilities that offer E-ZPass. Please remember
that not all lanes are equipped with E-ZPass, so you'll need to watch
for E-ZPass signs as you approach the toll plazas.
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