CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Drivers who throw tokens into a cash basket on the state’s toll roads after midnight Saturday better dig back into their pockets for change.

The light will stay red, a warning light will blink and driving off could mean a $25 fine for evading the toll.

Tokens no longer will be accepted starting Sunday.

Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray said change readers can tell if tokens instead of American coins have been deposited in the baskets. Using tokens will turn the light at the ramp red “just like if you used a Canadian quarter,” she said.

The equipment determines what has been deposited by weight.

To help ease the transition, the baskets will be covered at midnight Saturday night on Interstates 93 and 95 and on the Spaulding and Everett Turnpikes, she said. Attendants will staff extra lanes temporarily to make change for people who inadvertently wind up in a cash only lane carrying tokens, she said.

Baskets won’t be covered on ramps. Drivers will be on the honor system to heed the red light if they forget and toss in tokens, she said.

“I don’t think you’ll see many,” she said.

Meanwhile, Murray said she will report to the Executive Council on Jan. 11 possible ways for consumers to sell back rolls of tokens to the state. She said she is looking at whether the state should pay cash for the rolls or allow consumers to turn them in for a credit against an E-ZPass account.

AP-ES-12-30-05 1141EST