PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — If you have an older EZ-Pass transponder, it may be time to check the battery. 12 News reached out ...

Once enrolled, charges are applied to whatever card is on file and will not impact the separate highway toll account.

I-PASS pre-pay users are charged 50% less for tolls than those who don’t have an account. The I-PASS/E-ZPass option also is accepted by some other states in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

Non-EZ Pass customers will be charged four dollars, the number Spisak was upset with. ... He told us the Turnpike sent him a new transponder, which they made him pay for.

A. “Customers will receive a letter from the tollway including a new I-PASS sticker tag from when each transponder is set to expire, similar to the past process for replacing transponders.

On the former, the tollway is gradually replacing hardcase I-PASS transponders as they expire with less expensive stickers.. A number of readers were perplexed by the placement of the devices.