AutoPASS

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AutoPASS is an electronic toll collection system used in Norway. It allows collecting road tolls automatically from cars. It uses electronic radio transmitters and receivers operating at 5.8 GHz (MD5885) supplied by the Norwegian company Q-Free.

1 Technology
2 Supporting toll plazas
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Technology

The system involves the installation of a radio transmitter on the windscreen of a vehicle, and to sign an agreement with one of the toll collection companies in Norway. Tolls are charged at toll plazas as before, but cars can drive past in up to 80 km/h. The system is administrated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. 23 of the 45 toll roads in Norway use the system, in addition to tests for use of the system on some car ferries. The primary reason that some projects don't support AutoPASS is that they charge both for the car and for passengers, which the system cannot support. All projects using AutoPASS can only charge per car. All systems with Autopass also have manual payment methods, though not nessesarilly manned.