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easily and non-invasively on the
side of the roads in a short time.
One advantage of this is that
it is only necessary to close the
road for a short period of time
to install them. Compared to the
construction of bridges, the impact
on the environment is minimal with
their colourful design blending
better into the rural landscape of
highways.

Will there soon be a
car toll in Germany in
addition to the truck toll?

The Jenoptik sensor technology
Only vehicles and vehicle passing vehicle at an extremely is also suitable for road traffic
combinations with a permissible high frequency. True-to-scale and application scenarios of the future.
total weight of 7.5 tonnes or distortion-free profile pictures are In addition to the truck toll, the
more are subject to road tolls generated from this. This enables introduction of a car toll has been
on German highways. Inside the an immediate exact measurement a topic of discussion in Germany
vehicles, the on-board-unit (OBU) of the truck in length, width and for several years. Other countries
checks whether the vehicle has size as well as an indisputable worldwide have been using road
already paid its toll. The built-in identification of the number of user charging system for years.
OBU displays the number of axles axles, which are required for exact The city of Singapore is a pioneer
and the weight of the vehicle while classification in the toll table. The and introduced car tolls in 1975.
driving. toll is then calculated based on The fee is automatically billed via
Advanced technology is used to the weight. The more axles a truck a radio sensor. The City of London
collect the truck toll. As vehicles has, the higher the weight of the is another model. Since 2003, an
drive past, the system checks loaded vehicle can be. inner-city congestion charge has
whether they are subject to toll This enables the system to been imposed to reduce noise and
and, if yes, whether the toll has immediately register whether a air pollution. Also in Stockholm,
been correctly paid. How does truck is obliged to pay toll fees. The cameras have been recording the
the technology in the truck toll system documents toll violations number/license plates of vehicles
enforcement towers work? with high-resolution images to enforce tolls for several years.
Jenoptik offers a unique digital and transmits them to the Toll New York is the first city in the
solution for truck toll enforcement Collect toll operator so they can USA to plan on introducing a car
systems, which combines various impose any subsequent penalties. toll in the coming years. However,
sensor technologies. Sensor Engineers, software developers the starting date of the city toll
systems for distance measurement and data protection experts remains unclear.
are coupled with stereo image worked closely together on this The toll enforcement technology
processing and side cameras, project in order to guarantee data by Jenoptik is one example of the
which record and classify passing security and data protection. successful interplay of market
trucks. This makes it possible for Overall, the design of the expertise, software development
the first time to detect axles using enforcement systems has and hardware integration. Allow
a side camera. had only a minor impact on us to advise you on your solution
The side camera in the toll the environment. Thanks to for more road traffic safety.
enforcement tower records within prefabricated components, they Cornelia Ehrler is with Jenoptik’s Corporate
a second individual sections of the can be installed and assembled Communications and Marketing

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