Toll system for uniform charge collection on toll sections belonging to different operators

摘要

Toll system for uniform charge collection on toll sections belonging to different operators, the charge levying taking place by communication between a toll-section station and a toll device carried in each vehicle as a result of the cancellation of toll-payment units acquired before the road subject to a toll charge is used, is characterised in that, when a vehicle drives onto a road subject to a toll charge, an operator identification code for the following toll section is communicated to the vehicle drivers, in that valid toll-payment units are made available to the toll device of the vehicle for the following toll section, in that the toll device of the vehicle checks, at least once before the charge collection, the existence and validity of the payment units made available for this section, in that a communication is issued to the vehicle driver if payment units are absent or are invalid for the section, and in that, before the exit, there is an operator-related toll-section station for charge collection which automatically executes the charge collection at the toll-section station for the preceding toll section.