Toll collection is one of the most important process in an expressway because its operation & maintenance part is done with the collected money by tolling. So there should be more precise way of collecting toll from the road users. Most popular methods of toll collection is elaborated bellow.
Manual Toll Collection
Here, there should always be a operator at the toll booth and he issue a ticket at the entrance to the driver, mentioning the driver details, Entrance place, date and other necessary informations. Then the road user has to pay the cost at the exit for his usage.
I this system the drivers are provided with a prepaid or postpaid card in which the driver and vehicle details are been stored. And the driver who comes to the entrance has to touch the machine at the toll booth with the card and the machine read the card information and send it to the network. And the gate is then opened. Also at the exit, when the driver touch the machine with the card, the machine takes necessary action to deduct the required amount of money.
ETC system is fully automated and there are two devices at the toll gate and at the vehicle. When the vehicle reaches the gate, the vehicle is detected by the synchronization of the two devices. And the information is then sent to the network. At the exit the vehicle is detected and the required amount of money is deducted from the owner's account.
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The device kept inside the vehicle
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There are many sophisticated methods used in identifying the vehicles.
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