Tolls 101: What Every Fleet Needs to Know

Tolling might seem like a minor line item—but for most fleets, it’s a growing and often misunderstood cost that can seriously impact the bottom line. In this episode of The Road Ahead & All Things Trucking Podcast, host Summer Gee is joined by Tom Robertson, Vice President of Business Development at PrePass, to break down everything fleet managers need to know about tolls.

From how tolls are calculated, to common violations, hidden fees, and ways to unlock volume discounts, Tom shares insights from 25+ years in transportation tech and fleet operations. You’ll also learn how PrePass simplifies toll management through national transponders, consolidated billing, GPS-based toll verification, and violation resolution services.

Whether you manage a small fleet or hundreds of trucks, this episode gives you the tools to turn tolling from a headache into a controllable cost.

Links: 

1. The Trucker's Network: https://thetruckersnetwork.net/ 
2. Toll Management Blog: 5 signs your toll management system is costing you more than it’s saving - PrePass
3. Toll Management Blog: Scaling smarter: How growing fleets can get ahead of toll chaos - PrePass
4. Toll Management Blog: The hidden cost of manual toll tracking (and what to do about it)  - PrePass
5. Toll Management Blog: Why toll optimization is the competitive edge no one talks about  - PrePass
6. Toll Management Blog: Toll calculation best practices within advanced toll management solutions for large fleets - PrePass
7. Toll Management Blog: Optimizing toll costs through smart toll management and calculation strategies  - PrePass
8. Toll Management White Paper: WP-Best-Practices-to-Reduce-Tolling-Costs.pdf
9. Toll Management White Paper: WP-Building-a-Tolling-Program.pdf
10. Weigh Station Bypass Blog: 5 things to consider when selecting bypass technology - PrePass
11. Weigh Station Bypass Blog: 7 key benefits of bypassing - PrePass
12. Weigh Station Bypass White Paper: WP-How-ISS-Scores-Impact-Bypassing.pdf