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Yesterday we were asked to publish an official Utah Department of Transportation retraction of comments in a report (2011-07-26) saying that the TransCore Encompass 6 readers were reading 6C tags poorly compared to the read performance of Sirit IDentity 5100 readers.

Mark IV the exclusive supplier of readers and tags to the E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG) since its inception in the early 1990s is now offering a multi-protocol reader (MPR) that will also read the new sticker tags from rivals TransCore, Sirit and Neology - the ISO 18000 6B (eGo Plus) and 6C tag protocols - that are sweeping pikes in the South.

Last August one midday a large white Cadillac driven by two old ladies came cruising down the Southern Connector tollroad in Greenville South Carolina at about 75mph (120km/hr) and, without slowing, ran into a coin machine lane at the mainline East Plaza. The Caddy clipped the curb and spun crushing an equipment cabinet housing lane controllers and Mark IV reader equipment for three lanes.