NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- One of the MTA’s top offenders of unpaid tolls was charged Friday with $58,000 in outstanding payments to their name.
The agency said bridge and tunnel officers stopped the driver at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge for their unpaid tolls and the outstanding fees that came with them.
The MTA said it had mailed the driver almost 400 notifications about the costs, which also informed them action would be taken without payment.
“Our law enforcement personnel are trained to look for motorists who have repeatedly failed to pay their tolls, and are equipped with specialized license plate readers that can instantly identify those motorists,” said Daniel F. DeCrescenzo Jr., president of MTA’s bridges and tunnels. “Drivers who have failed to pay their toll bills are subject to being pulled over and having their car impounded. I commend our officers for their vigilance in making this stop.”
The driver, whose name wasn’t provided, was charged with driving with a suspended registration, and will appear in court later this month.
The driver’s vehicle was also impounded.
The agency also announced that since transitioning to open-road tolling four years ago, it has impounded over 5,000 vehicles driven by those who repeatedly avoided paying tolls. They said they’ve also issued more than 31,000 summonses for instructed license plates.