FOR WHOM THE VIDEO TOLLS : OPEN ROAD TOLLING

This article describes how video technology is revolutionizing the electronic collection of road tolls. Toll booths, which impede free-flowing traffic and cause pollution and safety problems, are gradually being replaced by non-stop electronic toll collection (ETC) that allows patrons to travel without stopping at tolling points, or open road tolling (ORT). Both require drivers to have a transponder. The potential for violation increases with greater use of these systems, as drivers attempt to use the lanes without a transponder. The concept of video or image tolling captures the license plate number of a driver who does not have a transponder and the driver receives a bill—slightly higher than the charge would have been had the driver carried a transponder. Recorded and retrieved license plate images are administered by computerized optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms and manual interaction. The article relates that the more automated the process, the less costly it is to translate a license plate image.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32663949
• Supplemental Notes:
  • August/September 2005
• Corporate Authors:

  UK & International Press

  Abinger House, Church Street
  Dorking, Surrey  United Kingdom  RH4 1DF
• Authors:
  • NELSON, L J
• Publication Date: 2005-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 58-60
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Automatic vehicle detection and identification systems; Toll roads; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01007004
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 8 2005 7:35AM