Flipping license plate and other tricks cars use to illegally dodge tolls 

the money being lost was gonna be spent on bullshit anyway

I remember when toll plazas were cheaper and advertised as temporary. This kind of thing isn't going to stop.

So we pay taxes for all of that and on top of that they charge a fee for using the roads we already payed for. Someone has to do something about it some how .

Keep raising the tolls on citizens who already pay taxes to the state , but never fix highways & bridges till it’s too late

The MTA makes over 2 billion dollars a year?? Let that sink in for a minute.

they always say that the tolls are temporary, but after the project is paid for, they continue to fleece the citizens. More power to those that aren't sheep and fight the system!

You pay state, Federal, county tax. Then you pay toll tax. Sounds like double taxation we had with the British.

I love it. I want a flip plate. Sick of paying 16 dollars to get into NY.

Well we had an clearly readable plate. But their EZ Pass system didn’t read the EZ Pass and sent us a $65 fine. Then trying to get ahold of anyone from New York or New Jersey is like an act of Congress.

People don’t mind paying if it’s worth it! 😂 But when the city is robbing you, you rob them back!

What about that MTA supervisor who did this and bragged about it, he cheated the system over 100k, paid back 10k, got to keep his job and his car. The team that came up with cashless tolls should be accountable for not thinking ahead or fixing the problem. That 1% number is outrageous, I see someone with obscured plates almost every time I drive. Most of them only cover the back to block speeding/red light cameras.

Toll pricing is crazy but the service is bad and violence is increasing on buses and trains. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Literally the toll prices in New York are ridiculous. Who wanna pay $10 just to cross a stupid bridge to the city? Meanwhile in Florida, it’s less than $1.

It's like NY is at war with people that own car

Maybe if you stop spiking up the toll you wouldn’t be having citizens cheating the toll system. I live in Indianapolis and have not passed by any toll in Indy

Could care less . Good on them for slipping through . Cus does all the money they get a day go to fixing the roads? No.

2 billion dollars a year yet the tolls go up every few years. Make it make sense NYC

Great tip If you are gonna travel where tolls are going to be present get a plate flipper it just flips your plate to a fake one and when your far enough away flip it back

The only trick is that you're paying $20 to cross the Verrazano. That bridge has been bought and paid for it. They're a bunch of crooks

Cut me a break it's all about money hungry people in the MTA money money money they get more money than anybody else and the roads and bridges still look like crap

Good 4 them, the Tolls and bridges have been dicking us for years

If you drive 80mph through the booth you'll miss the picture

They need to fix all the potholes on the street and on bridges with all that money they taking from us

All roads and highways should be free to travel on as our taxes should pay for the upkeep. To me tollroads are nothing but another unfair tax placed on all of us. We have a tollroad here in Oklahoma that goes from OKC to Tulsa (Turner turnpike) that has been paid for fully for decades but they keep running the same scam and now it's a $10 round trip. Everybody should do this license plate trick. Good for them.

Toll prices are ridiculous.

People need to stop paying period. Let's get the crime back up since they have time for this BS

16 dollars is a lot to go home. Ny tolls are high but the roads are terrible

Imagine having to pay for tool to travel in same city

Honestly I don't think people should be charged to go to another city or state. Tolls shouldn't even exist. Can anyone explain what tolls are for?

Law doesn’t say plates have to be photogenic to cameras.

This country is a joke they are more concerned in taxing their citizens then actually go after criminals

$100,000 a day. Seems like that is a lot more than than they were paying the toll workers.

Alot of the people with obsure plate are cops themselves.

Thank you I'm getting a james bond plate immediately

Toll prices are too high

I hope more people do this. The government acts like they own the infrastructure. They don't.

What I don’t understand is that if you work and live in NYC a lot of people don’t even know that we get hit with double tax state and city that’s more than enough for them to make adjustments and fix the tunnels and bridges.

If tolls and taxes were reasonable most people wouldn't cheat but these thieves are out of hand with the constant toll hikes. Never enough for these people

If everyone doesn't pay the toll then how is Mayor Adams going to fund the broken mta

The tunnels in Baltimore were going to be free after 5 years . Nope . Now 6 dollars to go through . All the tax we pay , for what ? A new road every 30 years ?

a lot of them are police... so good luck!!!!!

Meanwhile FL is cutting it's tolls in half and we're getting more and more Express Lanes.

Have they seen toll prices? Lol

I appreciate this. Tolls are a joke. The streets never get any better so the system can eat it.

Do they REALLY think that people wanna have to pay a STUPID toll of $5-$13 dollars, and sometimes (through the mail) $25-$50 JUST TO GO HOME⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

I drove to PA yesterday, the highways were smooth, flawless and free no tolls, passed through the tolls in NYS and the highway was so terrible I thought my car was going to break. They extort the citizens and pocket the cash. It's insane, we are getting robbed. I hate this state.

Perhaps the ourageous tolls in and around NYC are to blame for this? The last time - years ago - through the tunnel, it was $19 to get into town, and that is just one toll! No wonder people are trying to cheat the system. What infrastructure are they maintaining, Idk - bridges and tunnels looks old and decaying for years, so the tolls being just another way to make free money is a much more likely explanation ... i.e. greed!

Yeah I feel so bad for the agency that takes in 2 BILLION per year and uses it to “maintain the infrastructure” yet the roads and bridges are decrepit. There should be accountability as to where every single penny is spent. You can absolutely guarantee if they’re taking in that much per year, a portion of it is being stolen. So sick of these people that get away with this large scale thievery. It’s just like the lottery, they take in billions upon billions and pay out a couple hundred million. Where does all that money go? No accountability whatsoever. They should have to report every friggin nickel and where it’s spent because they still rob tax paying citizens blind all year. I would literally gamble my life on the inevitable fact that millions are stolen every year. These people are disgusting, complaining about citizens trying to beat the system. The real fraud is on their own ranks and that’s guaranteed you can take it to the bank.

If we still had toll booths, this wouldn’t be a problem

I been doing this for years no one haven't catch me yet

I ve had an illegal ez pass for years it's awesome they waste the money on nonsense anyway

Don’t the many temporary Texas plates out there. But I don’t blame these drivers for trying to avoid tolls it’s very expensive.

So 1 percent plus the other 99 percent… and there are pot holes still? I would have kept quiet. Let’s add it up….

I don't blame them, the fees are getting outta hand.

2:27 17 cars owe a combined $530k… I don’t understand how they figured that out if these cars had unreadable plates? How do you know how many times they went through the tolls then?

They just had to invoke fear by saying it's about fighting terrorism, did they?

I love how Fox News is only just now finding out these exist. They’ve been around for decades.

I like how you remind us “ it’s not about money” sure it is

That’s y’all karma for taking away peoples jobs from tolls and replacing them with bs flashing lights tolls.

The prices of these tolls are a crime within itself. I pay mine, but not happily lol

how dare they not pay a 5 dollar toll....this is worst than murder.....

Hilarious that our government believes in the honor system.

Just those 17 cars owe $530,000 in tolls?? That’s $31,176 per car. That’s the real problem. Legal robbery.

I 100% support this. Prices are ridiculous

Wow this is what the news is for hurting people who already broke. Your next investigation could be on who’s hiring and who has the best pay for workers. Did you gonna blame it on the other drivers who don’t do it it’s just a big city racket. Glad I don’t live there too much control you got a buy a fake license plate just to make it count me out

The NYPD doesn't do shit... I see them drive behind these cars with obstructed license plates and don't do crap. I see these cars driving the wrong way or on sidewalks without fear cause no one can read their plates.

Tolls are ridiculous. Tolls should only cover the cost of the bridge and end when that is met.

“It’s not about money”. Honey it’s all about the money.

2 billion dollars. That's the robbery

It’s only illegal if you get caught!!

It’s public transportation and you want to charge for it , like traffic isn’t bad enough

Come look at the long term parked cars all over mosholu ave and vicinity in Riverdale. There’s out of state cars parked everywhere here. No registration displayed. No emission /inspection sticker displayed. Expired plates. Last month my registration expired and I was issued a ticket for an expired registration. I had renewed the reg online and was waiting for the reg to come.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for millionaires?

U ever think people just dont want to be tracked all the time??

The irony, crooks calling people cheaters😂

I'm sorry what $100,000 a day and the road to the Lincoln and Holland tunnel both have potholes enough to fit a whole car. Absolutely not. I can't wait till the state starts investigating them for their $50 penalty for a 50¢ cent toll. Investigate that or how about them giving tickets for signs blocked by outdoor dining

Who voted to have a road like this?

Here in California they are taking publicly paid roads and making them tolls. It’s legalized crime

This is what happens when you get rid of toll booths and make an entire state CASHLESS E-Z PASS TOLLING and advertise it and blow up a simple bill with a shit load of fees.

Why do they charge for traveling anyway. Never understood the reasoning behind tolls other than taking money.

I don’t blame people for these tricks because this is what you get for lying to people and taxing the fk out of them. Some of the charges were temporary yet they still charge. After paying taxes on your check, buying stuff including the car taxed, maintenance taxed, fuel taxed, property taxed, speed/red light fees, these tolls etc. Another drop and people will stop working 🤷‍♂️

Doing more to protect their interests than public safety

Police officer and firefighters do it a lot.

$16.00 to pass through the 100 year old decrepit Holland Tunnel is a joke That tunnel was never ment to handle todays volume of traffic. They haven't done a thing to it except charge more money.

You use tax, pay your money to pay for the roads and then charge us to drive and cross them

This how people who snitch on people cheatin on tests would be like if they grew up to be reporters 😂

Didn't they save lots of money when they laid off all the toll workers?

Some people are paying $1,000 / month for thier cars and $500 / week for groceries. Then throw a mortgage payment in there and other necessities - Phones, Insurance, etc... No wonder they can't afford tolls.

Keep in mind most people obstruct the plate is for unconstitutional speeding and red light cameras that are there purely to generate recenue.

This what happens when you tax people

I would love to see the number lost form both tolls and bus subway fare evasion & see the daily numbers

$15 just to drive over a bridge in NYC 😰

The IRS is already taxing the sh*t out of us & we still have to pay $10 to cross a fkn bridge.

Sounds like a bubble is forming. The people who are paying for this will eventually get fed up with the price hikes and something might happen from it. Curious to see how that crazy train levels off.

Tolls are such a ripoff. My taxes built the toll just so I can get charged more

Great news. I was in NYC one day and night, I got 3 days worth of tolls, photos enclosed, I was 150 miles away for 2 of those days.

Lower the damn tolls! I gotta pay state tax, federal tax, taxes every time I make a purchase, $4k for a crappy apartment, high gas prices and the highest insurance prices in the world. I gotta make a minimum of $100k+ just to survive.

I still see people with fake or obstructed plates. As recent as last weekend on the VZ and TAP bridges!

They don't owe the mta anything. The mta just decided to tell them that they owed this unlawful fine.

And that's the point some people myself included don't want the government tracking our vehicles although I don't and won't break the law to stop that from happening if you want to collect tolls and ticket vehicles either have an actual person do it or have the code enforcer read the VIN on the vehicle it's right on the dashboard of every vehicle right under the windshield the government can collect what is due without tracking every move we make and knowing everything about us it's been done for decades and generations