Etc what is meant by

ETC ( Electronic Toll Collection ): Electronic Vehicle Payment System. It is the use of electronic toll collection. When the vehicle passes through the toll booth, there is no need to stop. The electronic device installed in the vehicle can be automatically connected with the system of the toll booth, and can be automatically charged without parking!

The ETC system is a high-tech device and software that utilizes microwave (or infrared or radio frequency) technology, electronic technology, computer technology, communication and network technology, information technology, sensing technology, image recognition technology, etc. Management) An advanced system that is designed to automatically collect road tolls without the need for parking.

At present, most ETC systems use microwave technology, so this article is mainly for the review of such systems. The non-stop charging system uses a signal transmitting and receiving device (referred to as a roadside reading and writing device, referred to as RSE) of the roadside lane equipment control system to identify a unique code in the vehicle-mounted device (referred to as a vehicle-mounted device, referred to as OBU) to identify the vehicle type. The toll is calculated and the toll is automatically deducted from the vehicle user's dedicated account. Vehicles that use the ETC lane without an in-vehicle or vehicle-mounted device are considered to be illegal vehicles, and image capture and recognition are carried out, which will be handled with the traffic police department afterwards.

Unlike the traditional manual charging (MTC) method, the benefits of ETC include: no need for a toll plaza, saving the floor space of the toll station; saving energy consumption and reducing exhaust emissions during parking And pollution to the urban environment; reduce the loss of vehicle components; reduce the number of people charged, reduce the management costs of the charge management unit; achieve computer management, improve the management level of the charge management unit; for the unreasonable implementation of parking charges due to the lack of toll plaza, there are The possibility of implementing the fee; no need to queue up to stop, can save the time of pedestrians, etc.; avoid the congestion of the toll gate due to parking charges, forming a new bottleneck.