The Pennsylvania Turnpike now accepts credit cards at toll booths throughout the state.
Turnpike Commission Spokesman Carl DeFabo said drivers are not encouraged to rely on credit cards to pay. Cash and E-ZPass are still the preferred means of payment.
DeFabo said there will be a backup if you pull up to a toll booth and have to take the time to pay by credit card.
Typically a driver who doesn’t have enough cash to cover the costs of the toll has to fill out a certificate of passage, essentially an IOU to the turnpike. It’s time consuming and offers no guarantee the toll payment will ever come.
Now, a driver can go through one of the cash lanes to use a credit card, DeFebo said.
The turnpike commission said they implemented the card readers last month to cope with the realities of an increasingly cashless society.
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