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TOLLING

Toll Enforcement Tower

Speed cameras that don’t flash? This is the way the truck toll works

lmost four meters
high, painted
blue-green and
equipped with four
Asensor windows:
Colorful enforcement towers
can be seen along the roadsides
of German highways. New
measuring instruments for speed
enforcement? No, because they
don’t measure the speed, but
check the weight classes of
the vehicles. The blue towers
have been used for truck toll
enforcement in Germany since
July 1, 2018. The colorful design
is intended to differentiate them
from conventional speed cameras
for the road users. Nevertheless,
drivers often confuse the new toll Systems from the Toll Collect technical design of the toll systems
enforcement devices with speed toll operator are used for truck for collecting and enforcing toll
monitoring systems. But if drivers toll enforcement on German fees. Jenoptik was one of the
do adhere to the prescribed speed, highways. The Federal Ministry of partners involved in the technical
it’s then unnecessary to brake Transport and Digital Infrastructure development of the so-called toll
suddenly and unexpectedly. commissioned Toll Collect with the enforcement tower.

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