Devices Used to Charge $4,000 at McDonald’s
Thieves using stolen windshield toll transponders have charged about $4,000 worth of food at McDonald’s, where the devices have been accepted as debit cards since April 2000, according to a Transportation Corridor Agencies spokeswoman.
The transponders, which operate with a radio signal that credits tolls--and now cheeseburgers--to motorists’ accounts, allows users to skip toll plazas. The agency receives 20 cents each time a McDonald’s purchase is made with a FasTrak.
Spokeswoman Clare Climaco said people should treat a transponder like a credit or debit card.
“They should take it out of their windshield and put it in a glove compartment or purse when they’re not using it,” she said.
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