Have you gotten any urgent text messages on your phone lately letting you know that you owe money for unpaid highway tolls? Well, there's good news and there's bad news. The good: You almost certainly don't have to pay anything to whomever sent the text. The bad: You've become the quarry in a smishing expedition.…
Cashless tollbooths may be convenient for locals, but they're hostile to out-of-towners. As states eliminate tollbooth workers so cars can zoom through sensor points using transponders, tourists get shafted. How Florida's toll roads trap tourists In Florida, a state with an economy that depends on tourism, cashless tolls are particularly merciless. In the heavily touristed…