What to Do If You Forget to Return the Card When Exiting the Highway?
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The handling methods for forgetting to return the card when exiting the highway are: 1. If you intentionally avoid paying the highway toll or use other means to underpay, you will be fined three times the toll fee, and it may even affect your next highway entry; 2. If you fail to return the card due to special circumstances, you can return it promptly without penalty. If returning the card is inconvenient, you may use other methods such as mailing it back. You can leave your contact information and explain the situation in the mail. A highway is a multi-lane road exclusively designed for directional and lane-specific vehicle travel, with fully controlled access. The average annual daily traffic volume on a highway should ideally exceed 15,000 passenger cars, with a design speed of 80 to 120 kilometers per hour.
I encountered the same thing on my last long-distance trip! Just explain the situation to the toll collector at the exit. They'll have you fill out a back-payment form, which requires registration with your driver's license and vehicle registration. Remember, the fee is charged based on the farthest distance of the entire route—I had to pay an extra 80 yuan that time. Don't even think about trying to cheat; all toll stations are interconnected. If you falsely report your entry station, they'll ask to review surveillance footage, which will waste even more time. If you're driving a car equipped with ETC, it's actually simpler—the system can automatically identify the entry information and deduct the fee. But for cars without an ETC card, you'll have to go through the back-payment process properly.
