My FasTrak racked up charges on its own, and I think I know why: Roadshow
Q: I have a FasTrak-related story. After our EV lease ended, I returned our CAV toll tag by certified mail. I mailed it from the Tahoe City post office on June 21. FasTrak received it on June 24. I found a $27 toll on our FasTrak statement for crossing the Bay Bridge on June 22 using the CAV toll tag.
My best guess is that the toll resulted from the postal truck crossing the bridge with our toll tag onboard. I contacted FasTrak about the errant toll and, thankfully, they credited our account.
Donna Wheeland, Campbell
A: This is another good example of why it’s important to check your account.
Q: My wife and I are driving from Seattle through Vancouver to the Whistler resort area in British Columbia, which we have never done. Any recommendations on a road/traffic app that is a must while driving in Canada?
Greg Carlsted, San Jose
A: My sources did not offer many ideas on this one. Readers, if you know of a good traffic app for Canada, let us know.
Q: Here’s an idea: Make the speed limit 55 mph in the right lane on Interstate 880. Make the speed limit in the next lane (going left) 60 mph. Set the speed limit in the other lanes at 65 mph. Put the speed limit signs for each lane on the overpasses. There’s no conformity to the speeds in the slow lanes. Let’s change that.
Scott O’Donnell
A: This isn’t as farfetched as it may seem. Caltrans already has a system to close lanes and reduce speed limits on 880 when there are incidents ahead.
Q: About the double-nickel idea, let me quote Sammy Hagar: “I Can’t Drive 55!”
Ray-the-Tow-Truck-Dude
A: Good one. Sammy Hagar said he wrote the song after being ticketed at 2 a.m. in upstate New York for driving 62 mph on a road that had a speed limit of 55.
“Cop stopped me for doing 62 on a four-lane road when there was no one else in sight. Then the guy gave me a ticket … and said, ‘We give tickets around here for over 60.’ And I said, ‘I can’t drive 55.’
“I grabbed a paper and a pen, and I swear the guy was writing the ticket and I was writing the lyrics.”
Q: Power was out recently around Lark Avenue and Oka Road in Los Gatos. Unbelievably, drivers still don’t know the rule about everyone stopping at an intersection when traffic lights are out.
To make a left turn off Oka, I had to wait for a least 10 cars that went speeding through on Lark. Friends who came down Oka later said the same thing happened to them.
Pam Mallory
A: Thanks for the reminder.
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