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>> ONLY ON FOX TONIGHT, PHASING
IN A BETTER AND NEW EASY TAX
SYSTEM.
BUT THEY SAY THE NEW SYSTEM
DOESN'T REALLY WORK YET.
LIVE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE STORY
TONIGHT.
CHRISTINA?
>> WELL, WE'RE AT THE SAME
HOUSTON TOLL WAY NEAR BRIARD.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOLL BOOTH
LANE.
SOME CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING TO
USE IT WITH THE NEW EASY TAGS
THAT AREN'T QUITE WORKING YET.
TAYLOR IS AMONG THE FIRST
CUSTOMERS TO RECEIVE THE NEW
EASY TAGS.
BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT PROBLEM,
HE SAYS.
THEY DON'T WORK.
>> BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT
THEY HAVE RESEARCHED THE ROUTE
OF THE PROGRAM VERY WELL.
IN FACT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
USING THEIR CUSTOMER BASE TO
TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROGRAM.
>> TAYLOR GOES TO THE TOTAL OF
4 SAM HOUSTON TOLL BOOTHS ON
THE WAY TO WORK AND BACK.
HIS COMMUTE, HE SAYS, IS
ANYTHING BUT EASY.
>> AND THEN GOING TO THE
EXPENSE LANES BUT I HAVE YET TO
FIND ANY GATE AT THE ENTRANCE
OR EXIT RAMP THAT WILL WORK.
>> WE DECIDED TO SEE FOR
OURSELVES.
SO WE FOLLOWED TAYLOR HOME.
FIRST STEP, THE EASY TAG LANE
AT THE BRIAR FORCE TOLL BOOTH.
THE ELECTRONIC READER DOESN'T
RECOGNIZE THE NEW TAG SO THE
ATTENDANT EVENTUALLY LET'S HIM
THROUGH.
NEXT, THE HAVERLY TOLL EXIT.
>> I'M REALLY TIRED OF THIS.
EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH A GATE,
I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
ATTENDANT.
I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU THE
NUMBER BUT ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME
THEY FIX IT?
>> TAYLOR HAS TO READ THE TOLL
NUMBER BEFORE HE'S LET THROUGH.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE HARRIS
COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY SAYS
THE NEW EASY TAG SYSTEM IS
BEING TWEAKED TO ACCEPT THE OLD
TAG AND THE NEW ONE.
AND THEY SAY THERE ARE SOME
PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW TAGS BUT
THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE
JUDGMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
>> AND IT'S QUITE IRONIC
BECAUSE THE LAST THING IN THE
LITERATURE SAID ENJOY YOUR NEW
EASY TAG.
I THINK ENDURE WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE IN THIS PLACE.
>> ALSO TAYLOR FOUND OUT HE'S
HAVING TO PURCHASE A NEW EASY
TAG SO YOU CAN KISS YOUR $15
DEPOSIT FOR THE OLD ONE GOODBYE.
LIVE AT THE WEST SIDE, FOX 26
NEWS.
>> AND THEN HOW LONG BEFORE
THEY PHASE IN ALL THE NEW EASY
TAGS?
>> THE TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY
DOESN'T KNOW IT YET.
THE 40,000 EAGGY TAS CUSTOMERS
HAVE RECEIVED AND THEY'RE
STARTING WITH THE E