PAPER TEMPLATE: Use of the Toll System in the Detection of Overweight Cargo Vehicles

摘要

An electronic toll system was successfully launched in the Czech Republic in 2007. Since then, several interesting ITS applications have been implemented or are currently being planned; some of them exploit the toll system infrastructure. The government uses the toll infrastructure to improve road traffic safety and driving comfort, to manage traffic flow, and to protect investments into the road network by reducing the need to repair roads damaged by overweight cargo vehicles. Since 2012, a pilot project has been running, where focus concentrates on the detection of overloaded trucks by a dynamic high-speed weighing solution, which uses the toll infrastructure and the tolling process. In 2008 and 2009, the toll operator launched the operation of a traffic management system featuring sensors, detectors, cameras, and information boards on key highways. In addition, the system is capable of the online monitoring of the development of traffic flows. Data collected by the system allow the Directorate of Roads and Motorways to plan in a detailed and effective manner closures of the D1 core transit highway, which is undergoing extensive reconstruction that began last year and will continue during the four upcoming years.