Reminder from Easytrip to update your 182 Reg

Published on 28 June, 2018

Easytrip advises car buyers and sellers to update their account details

Overview

Mobility solutions specialist, easytrip, Ireland’s only electronic parking and tolling tag provider, is reminding motorists to update their easytrip account details when buying or selling a vehicle during the 182 registration period to avoid incurring toll bills and penalty notices from motorway operators.

"There’s a lot to sort out when buying a new car including sourcing of finance, insurance, and motor tax and sometimes we can forget about the smaller motoring essentials.  We would like to remind our customers to update their easytrip account details if they are buying or selling a vehicle this 182 registration period. Removing your tag from your old car and updating your account details as soon as possible, once change of ownership is processed, will ensure that you avoid incurring any unexpected charges”, says Colin Delaney, CEO of easytrip”.

Potential situations that can lead to motorists paying unnecessary toll charges may include:

Buying a new car: if you’ve bought a new car and transferred your existing tag to it but forgot to update your account details, you’ll risk receiving a toll bill (billed at the higher rate) and penalty charge if you’ve travelled through the M50 toll plaza as your new car registration is not connected to your toll tag account.
Selling your old car: if you’ve sold your old car and inadvertently left your tag in the car and haven’t updated your toll tag account, the new owner could continue to use your tag at most barrier toll plazas, racking up a bill connected to your account.

Easytrip customers can update their vehicle details through their online account at www.easytrip.ie or by contacting easytrip on 1890 67 67 68. Save €1 on M50 toll fees and avoid incurring M50 toll fines for non-payment within the specified period by signing up to an easytrip account. Easytrip customers can avail of easyParking in over 30 car parks nationwide, easyAssist breakdown assistance, Puncture Protect and other service offerings.

Sinead McCann

Sinéad is our resident car tester who has the unenviable (-ok, slightly enviable) task of reviewing all the latest new cars to hit the market. You can follow her on Twitter @smcani and on Instagram @whatshedrives