Motorists using the barricade-free M-Flow system are being reminded that a fine equivalent to 10 times the unpaid toll will strictly apply to any overdue payments from Friday, as the Department of Highways plans to adopt a new deadline of seven days for late payment.
Previously, when the new system was launched on Feb 15 on Motorway 9 (Bang Pa-In-Bang Phli) at the gates of Thap Chang 1, 2 and Thanyaburi 1 and 2, those who did not register for the service could use the M-Flow lane but they needed to pay the service fee within two days of passing the tollgates -- or cough up the hefty 10-fold fine.
Yet following a large number of complaints by those who were not aware about the rule, the department agreed to defer the plan until today, while returning all the fines already collected.
