Since the electronic toll system was installed last summer, there have been six law enforcement requests for E-Z Pass data showing the time and place each transponder passes through a tollbooth, said ((Massachusetts) Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Boynton.
Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray said the first request came from the FBI and involved a bank robbery.
The other four requests came from the Merrimack County attorney's office; the Middlesex County district attorney's office in Massachusetts; and Massachusetts State Police (two requests). Authorities did not release any more information about those cases.
New Hampshire, one of the last states on the east coast to join the E-ZPass system, has tighter restrictions on the release of information than some other states.
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~I'm waiting for states to begin issuing speeding tickets when the times between toll booths don't jive with posted speed limits. They can deduct the cost of the fines automatically from drivers' E-Z Pass accounts.
Posted by Stubbornson at June 28, 2006 06:06 AM