NJ Woman Took the E-Z Way Out over 1,000 Times

2008_09_ezpass.jpgAnyone who has ever been scraping for quarters out of the armrest storage console as a line of toll booths approaches has probably wondered just what would happen if you went through an E-Z pass lane despite not having one of the scannable tags on your windshield. Well, if you ever went through with it, you'd be just 1,086 illegal trips through an E-Z Pass lane behind Catherine Cappelluti. Records show the Weehawken resident owes the Port Authority $32,879 in unpaid tolls from taking advantage of the unmanned lanes. She received 361 citations between 1998 and 2004. Her excuse? She claims her boyfriend did it. The Port Authority lost $14 million last year in unpaid tolls.

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they ought to have a spike strip that pops up in front of the vehicle of you go through without an E-Z pass

Yea it was all his trips to pick up some snatch after seeing the giant dancing girls in cityscape commercial, Gallagers 2000.

One of the stupidest commercials Ive seen in my lifetime.

Another loser who blames someone else. It's always someone else and never me. Why don't the PA take away her license? Could they do that even?

She's going to have look real deep to find $32,879 in quarters.

Somehow I don't feel sorry for the PA for their 14 million loss. They can write it off on their taxes. All they will do is raise the tolls to make up for it and then some.

The boyfriend, it's always the boyfriend.

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Those are some balls on that chick.

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