What Is Electronic Toll Collection?

Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC) is also known as non-stop toll system. It is realized by the antenna and vehicle identification system installed at the entrance and exit of the toll road toll road and the vehicle-mounted device installed on the vehicle. Toll payment system.

Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC) is also known as non-stop toll system. It is realized by the antenna and vehicle identification system installed at the entrance and exit of the toll road toll road and the vehicle-mounted device installed on the vehicle. Toll payment system.

Using this system, as long as the car owner installs a proximity card on the car window and pre-stores the cost, he will not have to pay manually when he passes the toll station, and he does not need to stop. This toll collection system takes less than two seconds per car, and its toll capacity is 5 to 10 times that of a manual toll channel.

In addition to the automatic deduction of highway tolls, the ETC system is also used for automatic deduction of bridges and tunnels in urban areas. It is also used to establish fast lanes and unattended lanes in parking lot management, and automatically deduct parking fees. Can greatly increase the capacity of vehicles at the entrance and exit, improve the use experience of the owner, and achieve the purpose of convenient and quick access to the parking lot.

Chinese name

Electronic toll collection system

Foreign name

ElectronicToll Collection System

Short name

ETC

Use

Automatic toll collection without parking via toll booths

Introduction to Electronic Toll System

The electronic non-stop toll collection system (ETC) is the most advanced toll collection system in the world. It is one of the service functions of the intelligent transportation system. When vehicles pass by the crossing, they can realize automatic toll collection. It is particularly suitable for use in highway or bridge and tunnel environments with heavy traffic.

There are two main forms of electronic toll collection (ETC). One is to install an ETC on-board device on the car with a dedicated IC card or other special magnetic barcode card. When the special card is inserted and the car passes the electronic toll port, the communication between the toll port communication antenna and the on-board device is used. Both the computer toll system and the special card complete the toll record, so as to realize electronic settlement of charges. At the same time, the on-board equipment can display the passing time, itinerary and required costs through the LCD display. The management of the transportation company can also check the toll through the on-board equipment. Happening. The other is to place a special electronic card on the windshield of the car. When the car passes the electronic toll gate, the reader at the toll gate directly reads the information on the special electronic card to complete an electronic settlement charge; some While reading the card, the camera is also activated to take the license plate number of the car.

Vehicles without in-vehicle devices are prohibited from passing through the ETC dedicated channel, and corresponding penalties will be imposed if they are forcibly or accidentally entered the ETC dedicated channel. ^[1]

Key Technologies of Electronic Toll System

The key technologies of the ETC system are mainly concentrated in the following aspects:

· AVI Automaic Vehicle Idenification technology

· AVC Automatic Vehicle Classification technology

· DSRC Dedicated Short Communication technology

· VES Video Enforcement System

· ETC system is mainly composed of ETC toll lane, toll station management system, ETC management center, professional bank, lane controller, toll display, automatic railing machine, vehicle detector and transmission network. The toll collection system uses dedicated short-range communication technology.

· To achieve non-parking charges, the following technical measures are mainly adopted:

· Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), radio frequency identification, geomagnetic induction identification technology, video identification technology, infrared technology.

Electronic toll system advantages

1. Increase the processing capacity of toll stations, improve the efficiency of toll collection, and ease traffic congestion;

2. Toll payment can be non-cash;

3. Save management fees;

4. It is convenient to obtain road traffic flow information, which is conducive to traffic control decision-making and management;

5. Save energy and improve the environment. Compared with artificial toll lanes, each ETC lane reduces carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 50%, carbon monoxide by about 70%, and hydrocarbons by about 70%. ^[2]