Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh
Reach the toll with a blacklisted FASTag? You’ll pay double. A ₹100 fee instantly becomes ₹200—all because of a missed recharge or KYC error.
FASTag now gives you 70 golden minutes—60 before and 10 after hitting the plaza—to top up or fix your status. Miss the window, and your wallet feels it.
If the system logs your toll 15+ minutes after you pass, brace for extra charges. Delay, even by tech, now comes at a price.
Wrongly charged at a toll? You can’t dispute it immediately. A 15-day “cooling-off” period means your refund starts slow—if at all.
One tag, one car—no exceptions. Sharing FASTags across vehicles is now a fast track to penalties and blacklisting.
FASTag is still non-negotiable on national highways. No tag? No passage. No excuses.
Accounts with expired KYC or low balance are auto-blacklisted. If you’re not watching your app, you could be watching double toll signs instead.
No, it’s not satellite tolling—yet. But ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) is coming to select plazas, aiming to make tolls touchless.
A proposed ₹3,000 all-access annual pass could soon let you ride all year toll-free. Not live yet—but drivers are already doing the math.