feature NTTA’s Guide to Tolls and eTags by Carrie Rogers
NTTA Director of Government Affairs
Myth Debunked: No Free Rides for Paper Plates
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ontrary to what you may have heard, there are no free rides for vehicles with temporary paper plates. NTTA (North Texas Toll Authority) tracks temporary license plates — both Dealer eTags and Buyer eTags — and bills the tolls to the registered owner of vehicles, just like permanent plates. Dealerships are considered the registered owner for any vehicles riding on a Dealer eTag.
Metal Dealer Plates
You may also ask your employees to sign up for TollTag accounts for their dealer-assigned vehicles riding on metal dealer plates so that they can be charged directly for toll road usage. You can save your dealership the hassle of ZipCash bills and even better; pay the lowest toll rate, by getting TollTags for your entire fleet with NTTA’s corporate account program. The corporate account works similarly to a traditional TollTag account, but it is tailored just for businesses. You can have unlimited number of vehicles on a cor porate account You can save money — vehicles without a TollTag pay 50 percent more every time you drive a vehicle on a tollway
There is no cost for the standard TollTag TollTags can be branded with your logo and service phone number. Contact 214.461.2053 for details on this program Prepaid deposit on the account will be based upon the number of vehicles and monthly usage Manage your corporate account online or via Tollmate, a FREE app to manage and update your account Adjust your prepaid balance based on the usage of your corporate account NTTA staff is available to work beside you in setting up the corporate account, installing TollTags in vehicles, and maintaining/updating the corporate account as vehicles are added or removed Start saving money and time. Call NTTA today at 214-461-2000 and ask for a corporate account representative or visit www.NTTA.org to download your corporate account application. Got a question about a TollTag charge or a ZipCash bill? NTTA has partnered with TIADA to offer a direct point of assistance. Dealers are welcome to contact John Bannerman at (214) 461-2077 or jbannerman@ntta.org, or Robbie Jacobson at (214) 224-2129 or rjacobson@ntta.org, with any questions about specific toll charges or other dealer-related toll issues.
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