When people in government are pushing for new programs, especially programs to extract money from the economy, it’s crucial to remember all the little unforeseen events — inconveniences, errors, and so on.  The fact that nothing ever works as perfectly in real life as it does on paper is why voters and taxpayers ought always to have a baseline skepticism.

For example:

Truck toll gantries in Rhode Island are supposed to only be charging big trucks, but the NBC 10 I-Team learned that hasn’t always been the case.

Hundreds of people in passenger vehicles have been getting erroneously charged, including Lori Messier of Warwick.

At a minimum, this sort of automatic tolling adds a general need to keep an eye on your statements.  It’s another thing.  And although the state is trying to track all of these people down pro-actively, the cost of their time skims off the value of the program in the first place.