METHOD OF MAKING PAYMENT OF VEHICLE CHARGE FOR TRANSPORT WITHIN A TOLL ZONE

摘要

A method for carrying out payment of a vehicle toll for travel within a zone subject to a toll, where the vehicle in question is equipped with a transponder (6, 8, 9) that can be read by means of a transmitter/receiver unit (10, 11, 12) arranged to transmit a query signal to the transponder, where the transponder (6, 8, 9) is arranged to reply to the query signal and at this time to transfer information into a memory in the transponder, and where the transmitter/receiver unit (10, 11, 12) is arranged to receive this information, which transmitter/receiver unit is located at the boundaries of the zone and is connected to a supervisory computer system (16), which computer system is caused to debit the owner of the transponder (6, 8, 9) when it is read. The invention is characterised in that, when the computer system (16) has received information that a certain transponder (6, 8, 9) has been read, the computer system (16) is caused to send an SMS message to the mobile telephone (15) of the owner of the transponder and/or an e-mail message to the mobile telephone (15) of the owner or to a computer (14) that is possessed by the said owner.