The next time you are on national highway anywhere in the country and have to wait for a long then three minutes to clear a toll; do not pay it. While that may seem too good to be true to the millions of commuters, it certainly is true and in fact approved by the law. As per the reply received to an RTI filing by advocate Hariom Jindal from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), commuters can pass the toll plaza free of cost, should they spend over 2 minutes and 50 seconds waiting in the queue.
The reply to the RTI from NHAI reads, "There is total waiting time of 3 minutes. If the 3 minutes exceeds in waiting, than there is a provision to pass the vehicle free of cost." The reply further says that "2 minutes and 50 seconds are required for a vehicle to wait for its turn in the queue.