CTV News tonight is reporting that Highway 407, the privately held and operated bypass north of Toronto, is frequently charging tractor trailer operators twice for the same trip across the roadway. This occurs because 407 detectors are counting the truck once by the sensor in the windshield and a second time by photographing its rear license plate. It isn’t clear why this happens but Highway 407 has acknowledged it privately to truckers. Such trucking firms say they have to carefully go through all charges to separate out the second billing. It amounts to tens of thousands of dollars a month. One company was sworn to secrecy about the problem when it received a rebate. Another firm has been notified by the Transportation Department that its plates will be de-registered with the government if it doesn’t pays its bills, legal or otherwise. More
