The North Carolina Turnpike Authority is lowering the prices of the NC Quick Pass transponders used on toll roads after switching to a new system that aims to work with all units from across the country.
Currently, the transponders are only compatible with certain networks. The North Carolina Quick Pass transponders, for example, work in Florida and Georgia; the E-ZPass transponders work in 18 states. But the feds are considering ways to have every toll road in the U.S. on the same system. And North…