Yesterday evening we were driving back to the city from an afternoon in the suburbs. The drive was completely uneventful until we got to the EZ Pass toll booth on the Triboro bridge. We have had our current EZ Pass for at least a decade and never had a problem with it. So I was rudely surprised when the gate did not open and the sign said “Contact EZ Pass, Low Balance.” We rapidly had a large number of honking cars behind us. We sat there for several minutes with the honking getting ever more...

Yesterday evening we were driving back to the city from an afternoon in the suburbs. The drive was completely uneventful until we got to the EZ Pass toll booth on the Triboro bridge. We have had our current EZ Pass for at least a decade and never had a problem with it. So I was rudely surprised when the gate did not open and the sign said “Contact EZ Pass, Low Balance.” We rapidly had a large number of honking cars behind us. We sat there for several minutes with the honking getting ever more...