ATPMs

Ohio Turnpike officials say they've countered a classic old ticket swapping scam by some truckers at their automatic toll payment machines. The scam involved getting intermediate tickets at unstaffed Turnpike toll points near each end of the Turnpike then swapping those for end-point tickets to convert the full length toll ($40 for a tractor trailer) to a short trip toll (like $8.)

The Turnpike tickets do record date and time of issue and toll collectors are on the look-out for swaps. They are trained to scan the tickets for implausible entry times, and to ask questions.