The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

Go figure.

Monday, August 11, 2008

“We never thought of telling people … ”

Many motorcyclists rejoiced when the $4.99 SunPass Mini windshield stickers debuted on July 1.

Finally, a no-fuss alternative to the box-shaped transponders that are tough to keep from falling off or being stolen, not to mention impossible to shield from the rain.

There's just one problem: The sticker tags don't work on motorcycles.

That's what Gregory Pius of Wellington discovered after he already paid for the tag, filled it with prepaid tolls and stuck it on the windscreen of his BMW motorcycle.

Now he says he can't remove it without damaging the screen's protective coating.

SunPass' new Mini stickers won't work on motorcycles

About two weeks ago my friend Gregory was dismayed to find out that the new SunPass was never designed to work on motocycles, and started to raise quite a fuss about it.

Looks like a few people heard …

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