Virginia Man Racks Up $200K Tab By Thinking Toll Road Was Actually Free

[Initech]

Paying tolls on your daily commute is a drop in the ocean compared to the E-ZPass bill one Virginia man drove up by ignoring them.

Jason Bourcier doesn't deny that he rode the Dulles Toll Road nightly without paying for his commute from Reston to Washington three-and-a-half years ago when he was looking for work.

A friend told him that when the toll booths were unmanned after 11:30 p.m., you could use the road without paying. His friend was wrong.

This week, VDOT took Bourcier to court because his bill had ballooned from $440 to more than $200,000, including late fees and interest. They reached a settlement and agreed on a payment plan.

“They provided me with a stack of summonses that was 12 inches high, and me and my lawyers, the best that we could do was $40,000,” he said. “Another kicker is they put me on a payment plan for $150 a month.”

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Virginia-Man-Drives-Up-200000-Tab-on-Dulles-Toll-Road-232760361.html

[dimbear]

1. Jason needed a better lawyer. Virginia had a responsibility to act in a timely fashion.

That ain't right, as we used to say down south.

[MADem]

3. Well, I used to live in VA; didn't use the toll road except to go to the airport,

and flip the bird at the NRA building as I drove by...but even I knew that road was a toll road all the time.

[icymist]

2. How stupid does one have to be to not read a court summons?

So he lets them pile up for three plus years?