Tagged electronic tolls

South Africa Rental Group Refuses to Register Vehicles for New Tolling Project

Members of the South African Rental and Leasing Association agreed to not register their vehicles with “e-tags,” and request that the toll and road project be ‘halted.’

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Florida’s Turnpike Toll Collections to Go Electric

All turnpike motorists traveling to Miami or the Florida Keys will be required to use either SunPass, or TOLL-BY-PLATE.

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Lawsuit Addresses Auto Renters’ Credit Card Charges for Toll Road Use

Complaint states that all Hertz renters are automatically enrolled in the PlatePass program without notice.

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What’s Your Big Idea?

At the 2010 Car Rental Show, Jim Tennant of the Tennant Group held a profit idea session in which six products, services and ideas were presented that operators could bring home and employ in their businesses. Seminar attendees voted on the best idea. The winner, Sarah Romanowski of Ride Share Systems LLC, received a free pass to a future Car Rental Show. These six concepts could reduce expense and boost your bottom line.

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HTA to Provide Video-Tolling Services for ACO Rent A Car

The Highway Toll Administration will also supply the same service for the rental fleets of Payless Car Rental and Carl’s Van Rentals.

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Survey Shows Most Corporate Travel Buyers Don’t Negotiate for GPS, Electronic Toll Technology

Three-quarters of the buyers in the survey said they were not negotiating for GPS or electronic toll paying technology with car rental suppliers, even though their corporate travel programs allow travelers to purchase these add-ons to their car rentals.

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Alamo, Enterprise, National to Offer Video TollPass Program

The TollPass Automatic service will pay tolls electronically for car rental customers in California, Colorado, Florida and Texas. The optional service, which charges $2 per 24-hour rental period or $6 maximum per rental transaction, will be available starting August 2010.

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TSD Teams With Rent A Toll to Build Electronic Interface

TSD customers, who subscribe to the RTL service, will be able to automatically bill rental car customers for the fees they incur while driving rental vehicles. This eliminates any toll violations, penalties and legal fees generated by TSD rental car customers, and reduces operating costs.

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Florida Regulators Investigate Electronic Toll Systems

Florida state regulators are investigating the Hertz Corp.'s use of electronic toll-paying systems, after five customers told officials they were not properly notified that the vehicles they rented in Florida were registered with a company called PlatePass.

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The federal government means business with its new law banning cell phone use while driving commercial vehicles. Can the laws go even further, and how should fleets react?

Righting a Wrong in Arizona

Arizona is one of a super minority of states in which auto rental companies are required by statute to pay for the negligent acts of their renters. Look for new legislation in the coming weeks that proposes to change that.

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