Road toll transmitter mounting
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Road toll transmitter mounting
An earlier post concerning a Garmin XM "puck" antennae mounting got me thinking that I should relay some info on mounting one of those highway toll transmitters. In Oklahoma, we call them a "PikePass" and they are mounted on the inside of the windshield by the rearview mirror in your car.
My riding buddies and I have found an excellent mounting location for our baggers: velcro it on the inside leading edge of the right saddlebag lid. This position points it toward the receiver above, is out of the elements, and is invisible.
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My riding buddies and I have found an excellent mounting location for our baggers: velcro it on the inside leading edge of the right saddlebag lid. This position points it toward the receiver above, is out of the elements, and is invisible.
Ride Safely!
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RE: Road toll transmitter mounting
Mr Wonderful,
Thanks for the tip, I use the "PikePass" often in the cages.
On my bike I usually stay off the super slabs, I drive on I40 & I35 very seldom, there have been time I would have used the Kilpatrick Turnpike in OKC if I would have had a "PikePass" with me; it is such a hassle to dig change out at the toll booths, I avoid toll roads in the bike.
Thanks for the tip, I use the "PikePass" often in the cages.
On my bike I usually stay off the super slabs, I drive on I40 & I35 very seldom, there have been time I would have used the Kilpatrick Turnpike in OKC if I would have had a "PikePass" with me; it is such a hassle to dig change out at the toll booths, I avoid toll roads in the bike.
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RE: Road toll transmitter mounting
It's an easy swap from bike to car to bike. Sometimes one is forced to take the super slab to make time.....and we have toll booths. No rest stops with bathrooms, but toll booths. Oklahoma ought to have one on the new quarter that is going to be minted.
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RE: Road toll transmitter mounting
I dunno know about ya'll's tag readers, but the ones in our area are prone to miss-reads, so as long as the vehicle (bike or car) has a tolltag registered to it they will correct any "misreads". Having said that, on the rare occassion I have my tolltag w/me on the bike, it's in a glove box outa sight. More often than not, I don;t even carry it and they correct the "mis-reads"... 
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RE: Road toll transmitter mounting
"Mis-reads" are corrected up here by the friendly Oklahoma Highway Patrol. We don't have cameras that take pics and cross-check plates with owners. Most of us register the PikePass with the auto and use it on the bike. If a vehicle goes through the PikePass lanes without the transmitter, said offender is usually pulled over and "in a heap-o-trouble". If the PikePass is on board and is defective, the kind officer merely calls in the serial number of the unit and off you go.....or so they say. Mine has never failed [:-]to register.....amazingly. When it comes to revenue streams, the State is very serious.
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RE: Road toll transmitter mounting
I took the new toll roads around Austin and you don't have to have a pass or a tag. They send you a bill in the mail and add a dollar for handling. I haven't done it on the scooter yet, but have in the truck. I think they would have a hard time reading the tag, since it's under the tour pack, but someone told me thescanner reads the bar code on the registration sticker, instead. Must be a helluva scanner...
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