Currently, FasTrak transponders are not compatible with E-ZPass and other ETC systems used in other states because they use a different specification than Title 21. If the license plate is registered as belonging to a FasTrak user, the account is debited only the toll charge, and no penalty is charged. Otherwise, a toll violation notice is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle. In the case of drivers whose vehicles are company owned or leased, as long as the vehicle license plates are properly listed, the violations will be sent to the registered owner and not the employee driver. A picture of the license plate will be captured at the toll plaza and payment for your tolls will be made electronically. Your use of these bridges will automatically enroll you in our TollPass™ Service.
Your credit card or debit card on file with the rental agreement will be charged for all tolls plus a TollPass™ Convenience Charge of $3.95 per usage day, not to exceed $19.75 per rental period. There is no TollPass™ Convenience Charge on rental days that you don't use a toll road. Simply proceed over the Golden Gate and Bay Area bridges. PlatePass® is an electronic toll payment system that enables renters to use high-speed electronic toll collection lanes and bypass backups at cash lanes. The PlatePass service also enables rental car customers to avoid costly toll violation fines otherwise incurred if high-speed toll lanes are used without special equipment.
PlatePass is offered by participating rental car companies including Hertz throughout the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. If a customer travels on the any of the Bay Area Bridges when driving a Hertz rental car, the renter has the option of using the FasTrak® non-gated fast lanes. Orange County has the largest portion of toll roads with no booths or cash payments accepted, including on the Riverside Freeway express lanes. Most of the San Francisco bay area bridges will accept cash payment, with the exception of the Golden Gate Bridge. You have the option on the Golden Gate Bridge to pay the toll online or open an account for a specified period of time using your license plates. More than 70 percent of all customers at the seven state-owned toll bridges already use a FasTrak toll tag or license plate account to pay their tolls electronically.
These patrons have experienced no change in toll collection procedures or any difference in their statements. Customers who ordinarily would stop at a toll booth to pay cash now continue through the toll plaza without stopping. Automated, high-speed cameras capture images of customers' license plates. License Plate Accounts are an option for drivers who choose to "pay as they go." A License Plate Account uses your license plate number to identify your vehicle and matches it to your account. If the account is linked to a credit card, the toll is charged to the card each time your vehicle crosses a bridge.
There is no prepaid balance required and there are no extra fees. To activate a FasTrak Account, a prepaid toll balance and a $20 refundable toll tag deposit are required. When using a credit card, the initial prepaid minimum toll balance is $25; when using cash, check or money order, the initial prepaid minimum toll balance is $50. Once your account is open and activated, you can monitor it online at
If you have a FasTrak account, you can temporarily add the vehicle plates of your rental car to your account. You can register your license plate online if you do not have a FasTrak account and tolls can be charged directly to your credit card. Note that not all toll roads in California will accept this payment method.
Pay-by-Plate allows users to pay for their trips after using the South Bay Expressway when they couldn't or didn't pay at the time of the trip. It is important that if you plan to use the Pay-by-Plate program, travel on the toll road is in the cash/credit lanes and not the full speed FasTrak lanes for pre-paid customers. If you fail to pay the toll, a violation notice will be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle. You can avoid a violation with our new Pay-by-Plate payment option for your South Bay Expressway trips. If you receive a violation, the minimum penalty for nonpayment of a toll is $40 plus the amount of the toll and any applicable fees under California Vehicle Code §4770 and any other applicable law.
If a violation occurs, you will be subject to all fees, fines, and penalties as provided by law. A License Plate Account can be opened with a credit card or with cash, check, or money order. If you open your account with a credit card, the Golden Gate Bridge toll is charged to your credit card each time your vehicle crosses the Bridge.
There is no prepaid toll balance required and there are no extra fees. If you open your account using cash, check, or money order, a prepaid toll balance, equivalent to a single toll, is required, and the toll is deducted from the account each time your vehicle crosses the Bridge. A toll collected based on a license plate is called an Image Toll and can be identified on the customer statement by noticing the license plate number listed instead of the transponder number. If one fails to correctly list license plates on their account, the FasTrak customer will receive toll violation notices as if they were another driver. Conversely, a license plate should be removed from an account after a change in ownership, otherwise resulting in paying for another driver's tolls via the Image Toll process.
FasTrak is an electronic toll collection system that attaches a toll tag to your vehicle through which tolls are automatically deducted from a prepaid FasTrak account. It is a convenient method to pay your tolls at all of the Bay Area's Toll bridges and Express Lanes, as well as the toll roads in Southern California. When you pass through a bridge toll lane without paying the toll or travel in the I-580 express lanes without a valid FasTrak tag, an image of your license plate is captured. The first notice requests payment for the toll amount and an additional $25 penalty. According to the suit , Hertz offers customers an automatic toll-paying service called PlatePass that they can use on California's toll bridges, or just pay cash.
But paying cash isn't an option on the bridge, where motorists can use a FasTrak toll tag, or pay online, in person, or by phone after their car has gone through. Each toll agency in Southern California has their own billing and customer service center. For convenience, all toll facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area instead share the same billing and customer service center. Each center establishes its own fee and discount structures, and people may be charged a fee if the majority of their FasTrak use occurs elsewhere. FasTrak Tolls are deducted from a prepaid account or charged individually to a credit card. Free sticker transponder provided for each vehicle listed on the account.
Can be used to pay tolls on every tolled bridge, lane and road in California. If for any reason you cannot pay your toll at the lane, DO NOT back your vehicle out of the toll lane or drive through the gate – it is unsafe and can cause damage. A toll collector or automated payment machine in your lane can issue a toll violation notice to you with payment instructions. You can also search for your toll violation on our website in the "Pay a Missed Toll" section.
You have up to seven days to pay your toll before any administrative or collection fees are assessed. FasTrak is an electronic toll tag that works throughout the California toll facilities. Just stick the device on your windshield and zoom through any of the toll roads, toll bridges, express lanes, or park at San Francisco International Airport parking garages. It will automatically deduct the toll from the linked account. You also get access to dedicated toll lanes and toll discounts for carpools, CAVs and EVs.
South Bay Expressway's Pay-by-Plate Terms and Conditions require that customers pay their tolls within four business days of taking the trip on South Bay Expressway. SBX has a separate toll schedule for Pay-by-Plate tolls that is $2 higher per trip than cash or credit card tolls. It's easy to pay your Pay-by-Plate tolls on our Web site at SBXthe125.com.
They may offer you a program to pay the tolls through the rental company for a service fee. Compare the convenience of the service fee to the cost of setting up a license plate account . You may have to opt-in or opt-out of the toll plan to get the choice you want, so always ask the rental car company about it. FasTrak is the statewide toll collection system used to pay tolls electronically in California.
FasTrak lets customers pay their tolls electronically on the I-15 Express Lanes and South Bay Expressway in San Diego County, and any toll road, bridge, or express lane in California bearing the FasTrak logo. Solo drivers who want a more reliable trip on southbound I-680 and eastbound I-580 need to obtain and mount a FasTrak toll tag on their windshield. They are charged a toll each time they choose to use the Express Lanes. Carpool vehicles with two or more people, motorcycles and transit buses can use the lanes for free.
Those without a valid FasTrak are in violation of state law and subject to a fine.The operation is fully electronic. There are no tollbooths or traffic gates, so customers do not need to slow down or stop to make a toll payment. Drive comfortably throughout California using its convenient toll roads network.
Although Fastrack is generally the accepted method of electronic payment throughout the state, you will be able to use pay by plate and cash at some tolls. Start exploring toll road information for your next road trip today. There has been a push to strictly use open road tolling, accepting only payments via a FasTrak transponder, a toll-by-plate account, or one-time payments via online or by phone instead of cash. All of California's HOT lanes only use open road tolling.
The Golden Gate Bridge began requiring electronic payments for all tolls in March 2013, and all the Orange County toll roads run by TCA likewise did the same in May 2014. A plan to also eliminate toll takers on all seven of the state-owned bridges was approved in 2019. The only toll facility that still accepts cash is the South Bay Expressway in San Diego County, but it uses unstaffed toll booths with cash machines that require exact change. A License Plate Account uses your license plate number to identify your vehicle and match it to your account. This mode of payment is for those who prefer to pay without prepaid balance or extra fees. The toll charges are debited from the card linked to your account.
Bay Area express lanes let you enjoy a more reliable trip as you bypass traffic congestion. Always set the switch on your toll tag before you get in the lane so you receive any toll discounts you're eligible for. A FasTrak CAV toll tag allows you to drive toll free or at a discounted rate on California toll roads, bridges and express lanes in the HOV/carpool lane on state-owned bridges and carpool lanes.
However, its benefit does not apply on the Golden Gate Bridge.Vehicles with orange, purple or red decals are eligible for discounted and toll-free travel. FasTrak Invoice - If you cross a FasTrak toll without a valid FasTrak transponder, you will receive a toll violation notice from FasTrak called FasTrak Invoice. You can pay it online, over the phone, by mail, or by using a Cash Payment Location. FasTrak Charge- FasTrak Charge allows payment for individually charged tolls and is free to set up. It is accepted on every California toll bridge, lane and road. FasTrak Charge does not include discounted toll fee features.
FasTrak Prepaid- The FasTrak prepaid account accepts prepaid toll payment and allows for discounted toll rates for motorists. It is accepted on every California toll bridge, lane and roads. FasTrak lets customers pay their tolls electronically on the I-15 Express Lanesand South Bay Expresswayin San Diego County, and any toll road, bridge, or express lane in California bearing the FasTrak logo.
Most registration holds will be lifted within one week but may take up to 30 days. If the violation total was paid by check to South Bay Expressway directly, there is a minimum two-week hold placed on check payments to allow them to clear. We will attempt to remove holds once the two-week hold period has passed and the check payment has cleared.
We recommend paying vehicle registration fees on time and registered owners wishing to receive their registration tags at the time of vehicle registration payment may also pay the DMV directly to do so. SANDAG and LGBS will not assume responsibility for any late fees assessed through the DMV for failure to pay vehicle registration fees on time. Tired of sitting in gridlock on South Bay roads and highways? The 10-mile express toll road extends from Otay Mesa Road/SR 905 in Otay Mesa near the international border north through eastern Chula Vista to SR 54 in Spring Valley. This connection gives drivers convenient access to Downtown, Sorrento Valley, Santee, I-8, and I-15, as well as Otay Mesa, Mexico, and more.
The road provides a fast, reliable, scenic commute every time. To use FasTrak, you need an account with a prepaid balance and a toll tag. You deposit money into your FasTrak account and each time you cross a bridge or use an express lane, the toll is deducted from your account balance.
Maintaining a FasTrak account is free - when you close your account and return your toll tag, the remaining prepaid balance will be refunded to you. On many toll roads that only use an electronic system, visitors are required to either set up an account where they register their license plates or pay the cost of their toll online after they have used the road. There are some roads and bridges across the country that still accept cash payments. There is a $30 administrative fee for tickets and a $1 administrative fee for every toll charge against a contract.
If the ticket charge is paid by the customer within seven days, that fee is reduced to $15 as a customer courtesy. If the customer has not paid within the seven days, and there is a credit card on file, the system will auto-bill the customer at the reduced administrative rate of $15 on the 8th business day. When the Metro ExpressLanes opened in Los Angeles in late 2012, it introduced FasTrak transponders with a special switch that indicates the number of occupants in the vehicle.
The Bay Area FasTrak Customer Center then started to offer switchable transponders, under the name "FasTrak Flex", in summer 2015. In other HOT lane facilities, drivers "declare" that they are a carpool by covering their FasTrak transponder in a mylar bag. As the vehicle enters the toll lane, sensors detect the vehicle. The two-antenna configuration reads a transponder mounted on the vehicle's windshield. As the vehicle passes through the exit light curtain , it is electronically classified by the treadle based on the number of axles, and the ETC account is charged the proper amount. Feedback is provided to the driver on an electronic sign .
You will need to enter your invoice number, your license plate number, and the state your car is registered under. You will also need a debit or credit card to pay the toll online. The FasTrak CAV toll tag is only issued to eligible clean air vehicles and is required for discounted single-occupant CAV travel in the I-880, I-680 Contra Costa, and SR-237 express lanes. The FasTrak CAV toll tag also has a three-position switch to signal whether you are traveling alone or as a carpool.
The FasTrak CAV toll tag works at all toll bridges and in all Bay Area express lanes, and it also can be used to pay for parking at San Francisco International Airport. Pass24, eToll, TollPass and PlatePass are electronic toll payment services for rental cars in California. They allow you to use FasTrak lanes on Bay Area toll bridges. Alternatively, you can apply for One-time Payment with FasTrak. It can be used to pay tolls for 30 days in advance or 48 hours after the trip.
