E-ZPass problems in New York State

Buffalo News reports that thousands of E-ZPass motorists received erroneous speeding notices and warnings:

DiTullio is one of at least four motorists who claim they were wrongly accused of speeding through the E-ZPass lane at the Grand Island Thruway toll barrier.

But Thruway Authority officials say they are unaware of any “wholesale problems” at that location.

The complaints about Grand Island were made a day after the authority confirmed that a technical malfunction at the Dunkirk-Fredonia exit caused about 3,600 motorists to be mistakenly cited for speeding through an E-ZPass lane.

Here is a video clip from a WIVB-TV story on this:

Notably it sounds like some people received an (appropriate) apology, while others had a suspension reduced to warning. The faulty equipment has supposedly been replaced.