Thread: RTA E-Tags

Originally Posted by rick130

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I have a Roam account so I can use the M2 and M7, they just take a picture of the number plate and bill my account.
I have the Patrol, Defender and horse float on it, but it's useless on the other toll roads (and hasn't been used in two years)

What about those form interstate too ?

Hi Rick, All "e-tags" available in Sydney are usable on ALL the toll roads (all the easier to get your money ).

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Peter

Originally Posted by Utemad

In Qld we used to have a refundable deposit of about $40 but they did away with that and credited it back to your account if you had already paid it.
However then they tried to bring in a $10/quarter minimum charge. However they never got it through. So now we don't pay anything other than the actual tolls AFAIK.

They also used to have a $110 credit if you paid $100. So $10 extra free. Not sure if they still do that or not.

On ACA there was a guy with a Hilux that lived in Vic and had a NSW etoll (or the other way around) as he said it was cheaper as his home State wanted to call his Hilux a truck and charge a higher toll.

I gather the plan is for the Gateway Bridge, the Logan Motorway, and Campbell the Mole's tunnels to be "no cash" electronic tag only, and there will be a quarterly "minimum use" charge. When this occurs I will no longer use the Gateway as I can easily get north to the Bruce highway without it, I have no need whatsoever for the Logan Motorway, and can't conceive of a need to use the tunnels as long as there are still bridges across the Brisbane River.

[quote=garrycol;864123]So I can go from down town Sydney to Manly by a quick road route without paying a toll or needing an e-tag - I think not.

There is NO quick way from the CBD to Manly but, provided you avoid the SE Distributor, you can do it toll-free. As another has said, the same can't be said of the return without going massively out of your way.

A lot of people who do not know the road system find themselves on tollroads and end up with the fine or the toll plus all the associated administration charges. It is easier just not to go there.

That's worked.

Originally Posted by feral

Correct.

I went staight through from Coff's to Melbourne using the M2 & M7 through Sydney. The Eastlink tag worked and I have been billed.

That's good news.

The only problem I think was turning onto the M2 in the left lane to be confronted by toll booths and the E-tag drive through was on the far right

With the caravan on the back a few swerve & avoidance techniques were the order of the day.

You are right, while the M7 was set up for tags only, the M2 is older and catered more for cash. I think they still have some work ahead of them to sort that properly.

And then consider Pennant Hills Rd (the current link between the F3 & the M2). Originally, it was supposed to be bypassed using a tunnel. If they'd done that there would many fewer "accidents"/delays on that stretch.

I wonder if it will go ahead now.

Best Wishes,
Peter

Like Rick130 I have an E-pass instead of a tag so it costs me an extra 75 cents (I think) each trip.
With my mother in Camden and my wife's mother in Lindfield, I travel the M7 & M2 a few times a year, but can avoid driving in other parts of Sydney.
At the moment it allows me to do what I want with no fuss on the M7, but I have to pay cash on the M2.