Vitronic enforcement technology for French truck toll system

German company Vitronic has been selected by Thales Group to supply key components for all fixed enforcement gantries for the nationwide truck charging system to be implemented on 15,000km of French roads. The multi-million euro contract is part of the prestigious Ecotaxe project, a distance based charge for trucks. From mid-2013 onwards, all vehicles over 3.5 tons in weight will have to pay a tax on national roads with the fee being collected by means of an onboard GPS satellite system. Vitronic has been s
June 25, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
German company 147 Vitronic has been selected by 596 Thales Group to supply key components for all fixed enforcement gantries for the nationwide truck charging system to be implemented on 15,000km of French roads. The multi-million euro contract is part of the prestigious Ecotaxe project, a distance based charge for trucks. From mid-2013 onwards, all vehicles over 3.5 tons in weight will have to pay a tax on national roads with the fee being collected by means of an onboard GPS satellite system.

Vitronic has been selected to equip more than 170 fixed gantries with an innovative automatic enforcement solution based on technology proven on the German truck tolling scheme since 2005. The latest generation TollChecker free flow systems, based on LIDAR technology, will monitor about 1,000 road lanes all across France and provide fully automatic vehicle detection, classification and identification by license plate in free-flowing traffic.
Charging, Tolling & RUC Enforcement

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