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The return on

and Overload (ODOL) vehicles from real-time monitoring allowed for investments of all
January 1, 2023, to enhance road identification of peak times and elements in the
safety and reduce maintenance bottlenecks, providing a blueprint
expenses. Jasa Marga, an for effective road planning. project have to
Indonesian highway company, According to the authorities, there ensure, through
partnered with PT Bia Tekno Solusi have been no maintenance issues the effective
to create an automatic vehicle since installation.
weighing solution. This bridge utilisation of assets.
WIM system incorporates Vidar What is happening with Here comes the
Smart ANPR cameras (Adaptive WIM in India? importance of an
Recognition) to detect heavy India has been ahead of the curve
vehicles and capture license plate with Weigh-in-Motion technology, accurate, reliable &
images, with a 90% accuracy in something that was introduced redundant weighing
the pilot phase. The collected years ago. However, the situation system. Many of
data is then processed to identify seems to have slowed down due the existing ones
the vehicle and determine each to economic factors and a lack
wheel’s load. Toll road operators of awareness. are installed only
can deny entry to certain vehicles for the compliance
on highways or impose fines for The Indian government has and this will anyway
overloading offences, based on shared that as of February 2022,
the collected data. 467 of 692 toll plazas were lead to loss.
equipped with WIM systems.
• USA:
An urgent appeal to install more P V Shreedhar
In California, the Kistler group systems across toll plazas (both old
provided their WIM system to the and new) has also been raised in
infrastructure provider Caltrans, the Rajya Sabha. It was estimated
who required an update to their in 2018 that monetary loss due
current monitoring system. The to traffic crashes cost India $58
aim was to integrate seamlessly billion, with overloading being
with hardware and software a prime factor. To fulfil the ever-
systems, with data from the roads expanding needs, India invited
reaching their control centre US-based firms for PPPs to develop
every 30 seconds. This near National Highways in Sept 2022.

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