So, what’s one thing that consumes most of your time while travelling? It’s the traffic, right? But that’s when you’re travelling in the city. What if you were to travel from one city to another, on a highway? One of the demerits of going to or from a metro city is that you get the traffic on highways too. Even the thought of waiting at a toll plaza can be scary! That slow moving traffic, knowing that a wide, free road waits for you at the other side, but that wait is something you wouldn’t even want to talk about.
But what option do we have other than just waiting for our turn or maybe finding a lane with the lesser number of cars ahead?
What if we tell you that you do have an option? An option that’d erase those long queues, that you wouldn’t even have to slow down while crossing a toll plaza.
No, we’re not talking about a concept, we’re talking about this amazing new technology.
Let us introduce you to the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. It’s actually as simple as complex it sounds! All you have to do is get a card, recharge it and voila! You’re good to go ahead and cross the toll plaza without waiting!
So what exactly is it and how does it work?
It is a simple process. Every user has a unique identification card which can be recharged. The moment he/she crosses a toll plaza, the RFID Antenna detects the card and deducts some amount, depending on the class of the vehicle.
It basically contains three major parts:
- RFID Tag
- RF Antenna
- Traffic Controller System
RFID tags are of two types, the ones that contain their own power source are known as active tags. Those without a power source are known as passive tags. A passive tag is activated by the radio frequency (RF) scan of the reader for a short period of time. The electrical current is small, generally just enough for transmission of an ID number. Active tags have more memory and can be read at greater ranges.
The antenna receives the data, i.e. the identification number, the amount a particular card has in it etc. and then the traffic control system does the rest of the work.
So, coming to the point, how would it benefit you?
- It increases the user convenience from payment without stops. (Say bye bye to the toffees you used to get instead of change)
- The traffic congestion at the toll plaza would decrease at a great extent.
- It would provide a transparency of all the toll transactions.
- By doing so, it’ll also reduce the revenue leakages, thus helping the government in a better audit control.
- Like a cherry on top it has an amazingly low operating cost!
The passive RFID Tags Price is extremely economical! They can cost as low as Rs. 100 per tag and the active RFID Tags could cost Rs. 1000 per On Board Unit (OBU).
See, we weren’t joking. It’s amazing, it’s economical and it’s here!
So what’re you waiting for? Try it now. Happy journey to you!