I don't have much sympathy for the lady whose license was suspended. Naturally the media will try to paint her as sympathetic, but give the story a read (link is below). She's been wrong at every step of the process:
(1) She used the lanes without an E-ZPass (not stated in the story, but obvious given the facts).
(2) She got a bill in the mail and didn't pay.
(3) She failed to show up in court, so the judge entered a default judgment against her. (This is standard in ANY civil case, not just unpaid toll cases. If you fail to appear, you usually lose!)
(4) She negotiated a payment plan with the court due to the amount of money.
(5) She didn't make the monthly payment she negotiated. (At this point, it becomes borderline contempt of court.)
(6) She said she didn't pay because, in part, "I don't want to." (So you think that allows you to ignore a court order? That's REALLY stupid.)
(7) The COURT, not Transurban, ordered the DMV to suspend her license (the WTOP article quotes the statute).
http://wtop.com/traffic/2015/01/virginia-woman-loses-license-defaulting-10k-express-lane-tolls-fines/