Regarding "Free ride over for Toll road scofflaws" (Thursday Page A1), the new policy by the Texas Department of Transportation to force motorists with 100 plus violations to pay up seems pretty weak. Considering the chutzpah it takes to blatantly abuse the EZ Tag lane without an EZ Tag, I don't see how posting Abuser's names on line is going to cause them to mend their ways.
Here's my suggestions for procedures that the state of Texas should implement to stop these Cheats: 1) Mail them a $100 ticket once they exceed 10 violations, and a $500 ticket for 25 violations. 2) Deny them the opportunity to renew their driver's licenses or to acquire their yearly vehicle registration until they have paid all their tolls and fines; 3) Make sure that all chronic abuse tickets show up on their driving record.
Finally, they should do a quarterly sweep of the top 100 offenders, very publicly arresting them at their homes. Everybody else will get the message. What these people are doing is theft. A shoplifter that stole even one item at the dollar store would be treated as a criminal. Those folks should be treated no differently.
Pete Smith
Cypress, TX
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Regarding "Free ride over for toll road scofflaws" (Thursday Page A1), the new policy by the Texas Department of Transportation to force motorists with 100-plus violations to pay up seems pretty weak.
Considering the chutzpah it takes to blatantly abuse the EZ Tag lane without an EZ Tag, I don't see how posting abusers' names on line is going to cause them to mend their ways.
Here are my suggest- ions for procedures that the state of Texas should implement to stop these cheats: No. 1, mail them a $100 ticket once they exceed 10 violations and a $500 ticket for 25 violations.
No. 2, deny them the opportunity to renew their driver's licenses or to acquire their yearly vehicle registration until they have paid all their tolls and fines,
And No. 3, make sure that all chronic abuse tickets show up on their driving records.
Finally, they should just do a sweep of the top 100 offenders, very publicly arresting them at their homes. Everybody else would get the message. These measures may seem harsh, but what these people are doing is theft. A shoplifter who stole even one item at the dollar store would be treated as a criminal. Those folks should be treated no differently.
Pete Smith, Cypress
http://www.chron.com/default/article/Monday-letters-Toll-cheats-Astrodome-tollway-4870389.php
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Regarding "Free ride over for toll road scofflaws" (Thursday Page A1), the new policy by the Texas Department of Transportation to force motorists with 100-plus violations to pay up seems pretty weak.
Considering the chutzpah it takes to blatantly abuse the EZ Tag lane without an EZ Tag, I don't see how posting abusers' names on line is going to cause them to mend their ways.
Here are my suggest- ions for procedures that the state of Texas should implement to stop these cheats: No. 1, mail them a $100 ticket once they exceed 10 violations and a $500 ticket for 25 violations.
No. 2, deny them the opportunity to renew their driver's licenses or to acquire their yearly vehicle registration until they have paid all their tolls and fines,
And No. 3, make sure that all chronic abuse tickets show up on their driving records.
Finally, they should just do a sweep of the top 100 offenders, very publicly arresting them at their homes. Everybody else would get the message. These measures may seem harsh, but what these people are doing is theft. A shoplifter who stole even one item at the dollar store would be treated as a criminal. Those folks should be treated no differently.
Pete Smith, Cypress
http://www.chron.com/default/article/Monday-letters-Toll-cheats-Astrodome-tollway-4870389.php
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