Electronic Toll Collection Systems to improve Road Safety

摘要

This paper centers the widely deployed Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) backbone and showspossible Road Safety applications as cost-efficient add-on applications at the top of this ETCarchitecture. The multi-modal electronic systems approach allows the gathering ofinformation and the collection of fares - detection and enforcement therefore are not only thestrong elements in toll collection, but also crucial to improve road safety. This paper perceivesroad safety as an integrated approach and a shared responsibility between the Public and thePrivate. Special emphasis is put on the interaction of safety and security aspects when itcomes to data privacy. In that context, Safety is linked to technical aspects and the reliabilityof a system whereas Data Security is defined as the provision of the right information to theright people at the right time.