Avis Rental Car company (via parent V.P Holding) got caught up in the Harris County toll road bureaucracy, having to cough up almost $200,000 worth of fines in unpaid tolls, administrative and attorney fees that accrued over the years.
Avis was facing a fat $374,000 bill from Harris County, but it was "settled" this week, for about half the cost, at $190,000, to cover the original $12,116.47 in tolls not paid.
Did Avis get special treatment? Do you think you would get your toll tax fees and fines cut in half?
4/23/2008
Avis Gets Snagged in The Toll Tax Bureaucracy - And Gets a Deal
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maybe Avis will speak out against tolls since they're hurting their bottom line and they complicate their business process... I'm much less likely to rent a car now that I have to deal with more crap. If a city I'm visiting has a rail system and toll roads, I'll take the rail instead of renting a car or pay for cabs. I certainly don't want to rent a damn EZ pass and deal with the complications. And if I have to rent one, I'm using GPS so I don't have to get on a toll road.
Just run the troll roads. According to the ways it is writted the owner of the car (rental company) is responsible for the toll. Not the renter.
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