KXAN EXCLUSIVE Exposes TxTAG Double Charges

KXAN reports that about 150 people get overcharged by using TxDOT's TxTAG in Central Texas EVERY DAY.

Thousands of drivers pay to use the new toll roads of Central Texas, but if they drive along sections of Loop 1 and state highways 130 and 45, they're prone to pay double.

"It's a timing issue between the tag readers and the cameras that are in the lanes, so it's that software that links the two together where we have a glitch in that software," said Garcia.

According to TxDOT, the software charges about 150 accounts double the required amount daily.

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[junekentucky]

This would be easy to fix. Just put a limit on the amount of charges in a time period to one account. You can't go through a toll twice in 10 seconds or even 5 minutes, it's physically impossible. It's a simple software fix, programmer was just lazy to leave it out instead of planning for Murphy's Law.

[samgraves2]

All she did was reiterate the problem. We already know what's broken, just tell us you're going to fix it.

[Umips54]

let's throw that TxDOT bitch in a f**k'n river!

[ewetubevideos]

Notice that stupid idiot TxDOT representative didn't say anything about fixing the problem. Just that 150k go through a day and only about 150 are charged... Gov work at it's finest!