$3K in Unpaid Toll Passes Shocks Driver

A Sandy Springs woman was shocked when she was told she had a $3,000 bill for unpaid Peach Pass tolls.

Rebecca Kubin was pulled over by a police officer for a suspended license, WSB-TV reports. She was completely unaware of the bill.

“When I called the state toll authority, I spoke to the supervisor, and she is the one that told me these are from unpaid tolls from 2013, and in order to get the suspension lifted, ‘You have to pay $3,000,’” Kubin told the news station.

Kubin told WSB-TV she was at fault for not updating her credit card information after her credit card was stolen, but there had to have been a malfunction in communication. She claims she never received the notices for the bills.

“There should still be some kind of proper notification saying, ‘Hey, you are about to be taken to court. This is serious,’” Kubin told WSB-TV.

The Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority does not send notices through certified mail, according to the news station.

There is no way for the State Road and Tollway Authority to determine or prove whether or not notices sent to anyone are ever received, according to WGCL.

In 2008, state legislators passed a bill requiring cities using red light cameras to send out second notices via certified mail, the news station reports. But the law does not apply to SRTA which sends notices through first class mail, not certified.

Of the 40,000 violation notices SRTA sent in the past year, about 7,000 were unanswered, SRTA Executive Director Bert Brantley told WGCL. Brantley claims individuals must have received the notices, but there is no way to prove it.

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