San Diego Toll Road Scam?

Did you take highway 73 back? It connects highway 5 with highway 405 in Orange Co. and is a toll road with a toll booth. There is a lane without a tollboth that is clearly marked for people who have FastPass transponders, which electronically charge your credit card everytime you drive through. It's possible you didn't notice the sign and drove thru the FastPass lane, bipassing the tollbooths, and that's how you got charged. Sorry about that if it happened, but Fastpass lanes are on just about every toll road I've driven on for the last 3 years, so it would be a phenomenon not particular to San Diego (and if it's the 73 tollroad, don't blame San Diego as that's in Orange County not San Diego.)

Since I'm not sure where home is for you I don't know which route you might have taken. I can't think of any other toll roads near San Diego County except for a new one in south San Diego county near the Mexican border by Chula Vista. But since you said you drove "down" to San Diego I assume you live north of San Diego, not south. (Unless you made a stop in Tijuana as part of the trip.) If you did the toll road by the border it also has a Fast Pass lane so the same thing might have happened there.

I've lived in this county since 1971 and never got any phantom tollbooth charges so if it's a scam it's one I've neither experienced or heard about before.

Toll Roads San Diego

San Diego Toll Roads

There are lots of passions to pursue in San Diego and this hotelbye is the spot to begin finds what San Diego must offer. In the San Diego vacation you will stage outside of your rut and you'll explore new activities while you're here and you may just see that exploring a fresh search can be an adventure in itself. Among the places should see from San Diego is Balboa Park. That park has over a 1400 acre and here you can find old buildings, numerous museums, gardens, and green space. The park was designed for the Panama California Exhibition of 1915-1916. The prevalent structure is Spanish-Mexican design, reduced stage houses that merge with the normal surroundings. Among the highlights of the park would be the Botanical Gardens and lily lake, the Museum of Man, the Museum of Natural History, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the popular San Diego Zoo. Even though you never go into a developing the park is simply a beautiful place.

the San Diego news reported that the toll road always sends a photo alone with the ticket. This was one of the ways to make sure were not being scam. when I drove on 73 their was a sign that read one way free, but I still received a ticket, I'm confused

It sure does, you take I-8 til you join I-10 in Arizona then take 10 all the way to the I-20 split east of van horn then keep on trucking and bam you are close enough to ask directions once you hit Fort Worth. It's a long road but it gets you there!

there are no actual toll booths like you might go through in states like new hampshire. there are toll roads like the 125 which is in the south bay that is an expressway free way. there is a fee of $2.50 to go on that road. depending on where you enter the road or exit you will come across a place to pay. you have to have exact change and they take pictures if your license plate if you go through without paying. the toll roads look just like normal freeways so that is probably why that happened to you. its common dont worry. usually the fees are $40 so im surprised yours was so much

Wow! It's probably true. They have them down there -- are you sure you didn't miss some signs? Call the number to verify.