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Xerox to support Help’s Pre-Pass technology

Transportation safety promoter Help has selected Xerox to provide technology solutions, site operations and customer service for PrePass, its advanced automated vehicle identification technology. PrePass enables qualified transportation organisations to electronically comply with state safety, weight and credential requirements, eliminating the need to stop at equipped weigh stations. Help and Xerox also offer electronic pre-payment of truck tolls on 78 different toll roads, turnpikes, tunnels and b
February 14, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Transportation safety promoter Help has selected 4186 Xerox to provide technology solutions, site operations and customer service for PrePass, its advanced automated vehicle identification technology.
 
PrePass enables qualified transportation organisations to electronically comply with state safety, weight and credential requirements, eliminating the need to stop at equipped weigh stations.
 
Help and Xerox also offer electronic pre-payment of truck tolls on 78 different toll roads, turnpikes, tunnels and bridges in 15 different states through the PrePass Plus system, and have plans to expand to prepay tolls on several new facilities.

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