# PA Turnpike, Missed Toll **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-turnpike-missed-toll/624917 "2012-06-12T14:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ed1952](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e95f7d/32.png) [@ed1952](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed1952)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-turnpike-missed-toll/624917/41 "2012-09-04T14:04:56Z")
To the OP: Don’t feel bad. I just got a letter in the mail from Pennsylvania with a nice picture of the back of my car. Happened to me in July. I’m going east…Virginia up to to Erie. I’ve made this trip a 100 times. Problem this time is they moved the Cranberry toll booth out onto the turnpike and its not clearly marked. I typically pick up my ticket in Breezewood and exit at Cranberry to go north on 79. Pay a $5 toll for using the turnpike. Now I got a $60 ticket. My Camry has GPS but I don’t rely on it when I’m approaching Cranberry…way to much construction all the time it seems and GPS can send me on a wild goose chase. So I got all my radar active when I’m approaching Cranberry. The turnpike is a mess and not clearly marked. No rumble strips. No signs “Approaching Toll Booth in 2000 feet” like in Breezewood. I’m not a local so how would I know something changed unless you give me decent warning. It’s not like I’m going to run the toll booths for a $5 toll. Worst thing is the car is in my wife’s name…so she got the ticket even though I was driving. She was…ummm…displeased. ---
**Author:** ![ed1952](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e95f7d/32.png) [@ed1952](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed1952)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-turnpike-missed-toll/624917/42 "2012-09-04T14:13:48Z")
Oops…meant to say “heading west”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-turnpike-missed-toll/624917.md?page=2)