Seattle WA Toll Roads

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Hello Everyone,

If any one here is from Seattle or is familiar with their toll roads can you DM me.

My son just moved up there and he is completely confused on how the billing works for these tolls.

Thanks.
Larry

Ayles · 06-07-2021, 02:44 PM

PM Sent!

HardDrive · 06-07-2021, 03:32 PM

You drive the car, the lights on the the thingy over the bridge get go flashy flashy, the government gets your money money. And spends it on moving drugged up lunatics into your nice residential neighborhood.

masraum · 06-07-2021, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HardDrive

You drive the car, the lights on the the thingy over the bridge get go flashy flashy, the government gets your money money. And spends it on moving drugged up lunatics into your nice residential neighborhood.

I assume it's the same as here in Texas and Florida. You go to a website and sign up. You get some sort of tag/sticker thing to stick on your windshield or maybe license plate (there is a setup here in Houston that uses your license plate without the sticker). Once you've got the sticker, they load it up like a prepaid calling card, maybe $20 or $40 or whatever their standard is. As you drive through toll gates a sensor deducts money from your prepaid account. As the account gets closer to 0 at some threshold, they charge another $20 onto your account.

That way your prepaid account will always have some money for tolls.

I think here in Houston, they start you at $40. When your account gets down to $10, they charge your bank/credit card/whatever another $20 and your prepaid account goes up to $30. Or something like that.

MysticLlama · 06-07-2021, 03:53 PM

Also, prices on 520 and the 99 tunnel are posted after you've gone over or through, not sure who thought that was a reasonable idea.

masraum · 06-07-2021, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticLlama

Also, prices on 520 and the 99 tunnel are posted after you've gone over or through, not sure who thought that was a reasonable idea.

Here in Houston, we have HOV lanes. On many/most, you can get in an HOV if you've got a toll tag/pass. The cost changes the deeper you are into rush hour. If I drive from here to Houston on the weekend and take the toll, I pay $1 total. If I were to do the same thing at the peak of rush hour, I think it would cost $7. I don't think we've got anything on the prices compared to NJ though.