(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Vehicles move past signs that indicate payment methods for driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the entrance ramp in Gibsonia, Pa. in this file photo from Aug. 30, 2021. Gov. Tom Wolf gave final approval on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, to legislation aimed at getting owners or operators of some 25,000 vehicles to pay their overdue bills for turnpike usage, The law that could trigger the suspension of thousands of vehicle registrations early next year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Turnpike will soon start sending out text messages to drivers who have unpaid tolls. According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, this is part of a pilot program to crack down on drivers who are not paying their bills and to let them know before they are sent to a collections agency. The Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania also confirms that these messages will not go out until the summer, so if you get one now, it is likely a scammer trying to cash in.