| Slowdown in line to cross the Bay Bridges can be an | | | | develop and build a gadget which will be compatible |
| awful long wait. | | | | with every bridge and toll crossings and roads. |
| At one time ferry crafts that carried the cars across | | | | Fastrak is now the one and only gadget that is used all |
| the cove to get to the other parts of the different Bay | | | | through the State of California for all toll bridges and |
| places until the Golden Gate Bridge was built including | | | | roads. Motorist are required to register an account and |
| the Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge. That was to | | | | obtain or purchase a Fastrak electronically operated |
| bring to a close the go back and forth problems of an | | | | gadget that is fixed inside the motor vehicle and the |
| escalating Bay Area population. Nevertheless, one thing | | | | riders have to maintain their accounts updated with |
| for sure is these bridges always provide us and give a | | | | money or face citation violations for crossing the |
| daily approach for crossing over to many parts of the | | | | bridges or toll roads without adequate money. The |
| Bay Area, but it hasn't solved the bottleneck and what | | | | success of the Fastrak has grown to several tens of |
| seems to be immeasurable waiting to get across the | | | | thousands of vehicles each day using it to cross the |
| bridges. | | | | bridges. Since the carpool lanes are limited to specific |
| A suggestion to answer the overburden and to give | | | | times, crowds back up throughout the time and |
| some simplicity was to figure a carpool path and to let | | | | ridersare left behind the time schedule. Fastrak has |
| various bridges to set in motion as to how many | | | | supplied those lucky ones, the zing of crossing at |
| commuters per automobile are required to be inside | | | | anytime without having to wait and face the toll. |
| the motor vehicle when crossing without waiting or | | | | This doesn't stop these commuters from crossing the |
| pay a stiff fee in the form of a traffic violation. Few | | | | bridges and getting a ticket in the mail to face their |
| bridges have set it for two or more, but the Bay | | | | fees as the system recorded motorists' device along |
| Bridge has set this limit for three or more persons per | | | | with the date and time of the crossing and the picture |
| automobile. Although this has solved congestion and still | | | | of their vehicle and license plate. Fastrak violations |
| does today, the carpool lanes are limited to times of | | | | have been an uptrend and so have the FasTrak fees. |
| crossings. This is especially critical for two timings - one | | | | There are several ways to shell out for tickets which |
| morning and the other is afternoon. Usually the 7 AM | | | | includes the FasTrak violations by paying the tickets on |
| to 10 AMtime mixed with the traffic towards the cities | | | | the internet at one company that has been around as |
| and the afternoon carpool lanes are set for leading out | | | | long as Fastrak. |
| of the cities going in the direction of home. | | | | BobCOP Citations and Warrants Payment System |
| The Highway and Transportation District and Officials | | | | has been in business for over ten years offering all |
| at the Golden Gate Bridge pioneered the research of | | | | traffic, parking, speeding, red light violations, and |
| electronically operated toll gathering in the early 1970s, | | | | especially Fastrak citations can be paid online so |
| and made innumerable research and development till | | | | motorists are done with it and go about their day. As |
| 1990. Afterwards State law passed requiring Caltrans | | | | busy as these Fastrak violators are by forgetting to |
| to make specifications for all California bridges and toll | | | | fill-in their accounts, motorists prefer to face their fees |
| roads together with the Golden Gate Bridge to have | | | | by going online e at this famous site |
| some kind of electronically operated toll crossing | | | | Traffic tickets and FasTrak fines are violations we all |
| gadget available. This is when Caltrans had been | | | | would like to forget and try to not happen again, but |
| checking the Fastrak electronically operated toll | | | | when it happens you have relief to conclude your |
| gathering gadget on two bridges for over two years. | | | | business and face the traffic ticket immediately and |
| After a thorough research and completion of the | | | | start the business of the day. |
| Fastrak system, the districts passed contracts to | | | | |