traffic payment new-jersey covid-19
Can I sue E-ZPass for excessive charges?
<p>I don't have an E-ZPass account, so during the beginning of Covid19 the state of NJ or E-ZPass decided to suspend Toll collection. Every day I drove one exit north to get to work, each way was a dollar charge. At the end of a 5 day work week 10 mailed invoices would be mailed... what a waist. Anyway some of those invoices came to my mail box late, just over 30 days, turning some of those $1 toll charges into $52.00 now totaling $781.00!! All within in a 60 day period... Do I have a case?</p>

<p>The New Jersey Turnpike Authority <a href="https://www.njta.com/newsroom/cash-toll-collection-suspeneded" rel="nofollow noreferrer">suspended cash collection</a> as of 10:00 p.m. March 24th, stating that &quot;All tolls will be collected electronically&quot;. They explain that</p>
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<p>If you do not have an E-ZPass tag, the equipment in the lane will
capture a photograph of the license plate on the vehicle you are
driving, and an invoice for the cost of the toll will be mailed to the
registered owner. You will be billed at the cash toll rate; no
additional administrative fees will be charged if you make payment by
the date specified on the invoice.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>and they also explain how to open an account. You presumably paid the charges that you received on time, and the issue is the ones that arrived late - 30 days??? I presume that the delay arose from a postal delay, not them sticking the notice in a corner and mailing it a month later. You can yell at the post office, but you can't sue them: from a legal POV, you were notified when they mailed the notice, even if it took a month to get to you. Also from a legal POV, the administrative charge (late fee) is not illegal, and might well be justified given the actual costs of hunting down a violator. I don't see any case at all. However, <a href="https://www.bbb.org/us/nj/newark/profile/transportation/ez-pass-new-jersey-0221-23000385/complaints" rel="nofollow noreferrer">non-legal remedies may be available</a> (they may dismiss the administrative fee).</p>
