They're useless until early January, but they've been selling fast since mid-October. How come? [11/4 update: see today's story with lots of reader comments.]
The N.C. Turnpike Authority has sold about 1,700 electronic transponders that drivers will use to pay tolls electronically when North Carolina's first modern toll road opens for business.
Have you bought your N.C. Quick Pass? Why? I'm reporting on this, and I'd like to hear from you about your plans for driving the Triangle Parkway when it opens for business.
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Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the 
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Quickpass???
Fri, 11/04/2011 - 10:25 — Bob_SconceWhy did NC decide to use its own transponder? EZpass is used by states all up and down the east coast -- why aren't we using that?