MTA seizes cars of 2 drivers owing more than $100K in unpaid tolls 

The real crime is the cost of tolls in New York. Fix the roads

Drivers should seize their bridge since we overpaid it in tolls years ago for the cost of it.

The MTA is double dipping tax payers. There should be no tolls!

Paying to cross a bridge that was already paid for...legalized extortion.

100k off just 2 people. Imagine how much money they've extorted from the people who actually pay. Nice scam they've got going.

Maybe the city should stop extorting it’s citizens to use roads they already pay taxes for.

Toll prices are outrageous I don’t blame them for not paying

i could never ever figure out why they charge you for a bridge that connects from one part of the city to next in the same state.

They charge over 100 dollars for some truck drivers to pass each time. They make plenty of money considering how many cars pass by every day

44 million and we are still bumper to bumper using an ancient bridge.

What do they do with the $44 million dollars they collect? Does it cost that much too maintain the bridge? When the bridge was completed, it was said that the bridge would be free when the bridge building costs were paid. It cost 25 cents to cross and now $18. It's a way of continue to tax the working people. Taxes, fees, income; It doesn't stop. But, taxing the big conglomerates is a no-no. Taxing capital gains (money that is not worked for) is also a practice of this nation.

If they had this same energy stoping gang violence not so called gun violence we would be better off concel carry now all states 2A

This is not a story about how effective the system is in catching scofflaws. The fact that they were allowed to accumulate $68K worth of unpaid tolls tells you how INEFFECTIVE the system is.

Easier to harass a guy evading tools than a thug shooting at civilians in the Boroughs.

Insane how much the tolls are.

I don’t miss paying those tolls! There are tolls here in FL but nothing at all compared to tolls there.

In Texas they now have Tolls around Dallas and Houston , and send tickets to your house if you do not pay , the tolls are Big Money for the state now . Very corrupt taxation .

By the way, they do this for a corporation, the MTA is a corporation with a CEO, you can look that up. They do not do it for you. If a vehicle is stolen, people are kidnapped in a known vehicle, or something else that does not involve the MTA they do not scan for that. People steal cars everyday and take them back to Newark, NJ and there are ZERO stops of those vehicles.

You can’t steal from the state; it is supposed to be that the state stills from you.

how did they get away with it for soo many yrs?

those tolls are a Joke! always goes Up! Never comes Down!!

If you move out of nyc you don't have to pay, also even if you register your car in a different state you don't have to pay!

When they built the bridges, the tolls were only supposed to last until the cost of the bridge was paid, but that's another story.

HECK, ITS SO UNBELIVABLE THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE $100,000 OFF OF JUST TOO PEOPLE ALONE. WHAT DO THESE CROOKS DO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY BESIDES PAY THEMSELVES WAY TOO MUCH. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS DID GOOD. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN MEDALS FOR THEIR HONOR AND BRAVERY AND MADE AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL TO FOLLOW.

Obviously this sum must includes late fees and interest. 600 tolls would be only $6000 or so at $10 a fare ( I'm guessing).

Biggest scammers in the world. They try to double charge you. I have ezpass and the pass made the payment. Got a letter a month later that I owe, I printed out my ezpass info and showed it was paid. A month later they again sent the letter saying I owed and this time added a late fee. I resent them the printout with a note saying "stop scamming " they stopped after that

Tax payers already paid for the bridge, and they go and charge more when the bridge is opened. Man fk a toll

if only they can give out consequences to robbers and haters and murderers this fast, we would be safer

$100K in tolls? My car don't even worth $100K.

See this cute but it’s not crime fighting it’s cheap money grabbing. When the cash lanes were in place people paid they removed the cash lanes saying oh it will be better but it was a lie it was done to further tighten the noose around the neck of the middle class it’s sad so sad the toll is less then 20$ but the fees are triple that and that is what buries people not everyone can afford an ez pass because of the way they work if you use it every day like I do I can’t afford the replenishment but I could pay the 16$ but that was taken away now I am messed up as well I pay for a car I can’t drive my registration is suspended I owe 4,000$ in tolls but 12,000$ in fees how fair is that. It’s a scam and sad sad scam and the worse part I pay right now between tolls 30$ a day cash because of the increases and that doesn’t include the 16$ from the Holland. And the best part I don’t even live in New Jersey I stay in Jersey to protect my mother who is elderly and I work for a city agency with a population vulnerable to covid I actually live in queens New York. It’s sad just sad to milk the hard working people this way then have these representatives of the agency come on tv and act as if they are crime fighters. And the worst part our tax dollars are used to support and maintain the tunnel and the politicians and managers who implement these rules all have tax payer funded cars and ez pass just sick

I wonder if it works the same with covered plate covers ?

Wow! That’s ballsy

Some people collect sport cards, some collect stamps. These drivers really like collecting unpaid notices. You never know what would be the value after 200 years.

He had 68k in tolls and they impound his car. From my perspective he came out on top lol

Imagine if their cars aren't even fully paid for.🤦🏾‍♀️ Now they have to pay a car note on a car that they have no access to. They've gotten away with it for so long, they had to expect this outcome.

That's why you should keep a clean house...you might get caught hoarding.

I feel like the high tolls is a crime against humanity everything is just so expensive

😂😂😂 MTA got bigger issues on their hands but they chasing unpaid tolls 😂😂😂 as a new yorker this is hilarious to me

Thanks Eric and Kathy!! Way to go!! You just made our days!

Who is auditing where all those millions of dollars are going ...?

Glad the bridges have better security than the streets of NY.

remember one thing. eventually you can't squeeze blood out of a rock.

Tolls have gone up while they have taken away toll booth's. Why should the tolls rise instead of drop?

I hope these 2 drivers who had their cars seized learned their lessons

Since when does the Transit Authority have the right to steal personal property???

Probably worth it letting them keep your impounded car than have to pay that.

What a cash grab!!! crossing tolls..(no biggy) the fees and violation fees are insane!!! How dare NY charge $12-$20 to cross a road then the on top of it a $100 violation fee! If that’s not enough, we’re paying MTA cops top dollar to confiscate a car you can barely afford to insure, register and fill up just to get to work! Biggest crime is MTA, NYS DMV.

Its time from a revolution this is exactly how the American revolution started no taxation without representation

Time to change my License plate

costing me $70 a week X 53 weeks is $3710 a year for tolls. plus $8000 for gas and $4000 for insurance. $5000 in depreciation. wow that's $22,000 a year. NOW I WORK FROM HOME.

They want people to pay when this city always has lots of traffic entering and leaving the city. Mta is ripping people off something needs to be done they should get sued

Honda worth 10k and rouge worth 16! Way to go MTA!

What is insane is that the MTA charges these people over $40,000 each just to use the bridges. The money doesn't all go to maintaining the bridges, the lion's share goes to the bus and subway systems.

So now you know why having a car in NY is not worth it. Besides so many more reasons.

What an endless source of city revenue! Eric Adams should put these tolls on the Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg, and Manhattan Bridges to drive more people out of NYC!

MAN DONT GO THERE!!!! NO THANK YOU!!! All THAT MONEY TO CROSS A BRIDGE!!

So do they just give up their cars when the resale value of the confiscated car is less than what they owe?

Verrozano Narrows Bridge is the east coast version of the golden gate bridge.

People need to rise up. Enough is enough already. They are taking money that can be used to take care of your families. NYC residents should not have to pay this.

They act like they proud doing that you have a job you pay taxes so what's the point paying tows I don't get it

IF they actually came up with an overall website where you can search by plate number, for ALL tolls (including MTA), regardless of which state you drove through, it would be so much easier to determine which ones you owe on. The amount of snail mail from those sources makes it so overwhelming and difficult to figure out if you might be looking at the same toll. They need ultimate TRANSPARENCY. I think it’s intentionally OBSCURE, so they can add their hefty fines. We need help.

You could kill someone in daylight and get away with it but try and not pay your tolls it’s game on

should be no way to owe that much money for using an American road

I will continue to evade these tolls on the bike faster than your squad cars lol

Good! Now they need to do the same for all those who jump the train.

Explain why on Earth New Yorkers are still paying for the Verrazano Bridge (one of the most expensive tolls in the country) just to reach Staten Island.

Hardcore mode: reach a 100k goal of toll fee. Me: 😮 They: Hold my license plate.

So what happened to due process? - They steal your car and demand ransom. Can I take someone's car if I claim that they owe me money?

Extortion at its best let's clap for NYC 👏🏾🤦🏾‍♀️🤬

One of the greatest scams ever created! “The toll roads”

The amount of tolls i already paid i can buy one of those bridges. Tolls is a rip off. Everyone should stop paying 15 dollars toll.

How is a toll fee over $60,000? That is more than 2 brand new car. Smh. I thought these tolls are like $5. Even if you cross it 100 times, thats only $500. So how the fk is the fee $60,000??????

The legal purpose of driver's license is commercial in nature. If you're not participating in commerce on the public road you are not required to have a driver's license🙂The public roadways are free for everyone as a matter of rights📜 you don't need a driver's license, registration, insurance, inspection, or license plates to travel in your private automobile or any recreational/private way of traveling 🤔In law there's a clear distinction between Motor Vehicle and Automobile. LOOK UP Constitutional law 329 page 1135, Title 18 U.S.C. Section 31(a6), New York State Article 21 General Provision Section 21.05 #9 or in any STATE❗

Not just bridges,even this so called peach pass,half the time it's not even open, and others it's open certain times

Cheaper to buy another car than paying the tolls.

Violating people right to travel freely for free😐 They need to sue for those fraudulent charges no owns the public roadways

When some feel only suckers pay tolls or fares, it comes back to bite.

Tolls are extortion. I applaud anyone who gets away without paying.

In the driver's "Accord", he went "Rouge" due to expensive tolls. 🙄

The New York State motto should be changed from The Excelsior State to ‘The Extortion State’

there sould be no toll. the tax payers already paid for the construction and implementation of the bridge. taxing us to use what we own is not ok.

If your late on a 16 dollar toll it jumps to 116 in a month I smell Racketeering

$1000.00 in tolls ….$63,000.00 Fees!

Everything is money in New York, luckily they do not charge you yet for the air you breath, while the roads are breaking up and destroying my vehicle. Where is this money going into ?

$68K - how much driving do these people do?

So we pay (taxes) for them to build highways that we have to pay to use??? Make it make sense..

So what you're telling me is unless they have a non working ez pass in the car, it's basically impossible to catch them

Tolls are illegal in America.

Entitled, protected class just doing how they do

How do u even run it up like that

Cops can be doing other things with their time like solve the crime but noo, those tolls!

So...they are so hard on law abiding citizens...but easy on crooks....

If you don't like it then move!

The problem is that tolls come up $100 grand 😳.

How rediculous, should be impossible

How you run up 68k in toll fines? Lets not talk the real problem.

This is a real scam I have an ezpass and I still owe toll. Why charge 50$ fees on top of the toll fees. That's why I'm getting outta this area for good

1:43 I need this as a clip of its own. The guy means business!

That's modern day RANSOM: Pay us or else

All toll roads should be banned it’s ridiculous and a waste of infrastructure.