Pennsylvania’s patriotic new license plates are ringing up more than freedom, as months after the problem first surfaced, the redesigned tags are still triggering E-ZPass charges for trips drivers never took, writes Cheryl Mettendorf for 6abc.
Introduced in June 2025 to mark America’s 250th anniversary, the plates feature the Liberty Bell and the slogan “Let Freedom Ring.” But the zero carries a diagonal slash, and some automated plate readers, including the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s, mistake it for an eight. So the bills can land on the wrong account.
Just ask Jules R. Cattie III…