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For 4 Weeks Now, There Is Toll on All Our Federal Highways
In conclusion to our cooperation with Toll Collect, here is a summary 4 weeks after the introduction of the toll on our federal highways.
Here, not only my experiences with it will be considered, but also your responses, which you gave me on Facebook.
Toll on Federal Highways
The preparations for the 01.07.2018 could already be experienced since last year. Already the adjustments of the toll devices came as a surprise to many. Previously, one could still read the toll amount from the device, but this is no longer possible from May of this year.
The Criticism Was and Still Is Great
This brought a lot of criticism with it. Especially for those who had to write down the toll amount every day, this was no longer possible. A change in this regard will not happen anymore. Now, only the number of axles and the weight classes are visible.
However, there are also other drivers who don’t care about this. Personally, I have never had to write down the toll, and those who, like me, still remember the time before Toll Collect know that we no longer have to run to the gas station frequently to buy a vignette.
The Toll Booths
Nationwide, there are now 600 of these blue toll booths. Well, we truck drivers know that there is no speed camera integrated and that these booths are only meant to check the toll. Many of them I have seen on my trip to Bremerhaven in the north along the roadside of the respective federal highways.
However, whether this whole thing will lead to more people driving on the autobahns, I cannot say. From your comments, I know that for some it doesn’t change. The shortest route is still being taken, regardless of whether it’s an autobahn or a federal highway.
The Panic Brakers
Often enough, many of you have experienced this. I myself have not yet. The car drivers. From light braking to complete emergency braking, it was talked about. In the media, a lot was reported about the expansion of the toll and the related changes. However, since not everyone reads or listens to all media, it seems as if only sporadic reports were made. One can’t know that.
Many road users are also of the opinion that there are speed cameras inside, or that one could easily install them.
App Usage
Toll Collect has, as I have reported several times, an app for toll booking . For my personal part, I only installed this app out of pure interest, as it was also a topic in one of my posts. I don’t need it myself, as I have an OBU installed in my truck.
Whether others use the app for toll booking, however, is currently unknown to me.
More about this topic?
- Expansion of the toll to all federal highways
- Toll booking via app
- Truck toll on all federal highways
- TollCollect is ready
- 4 Weeks of Toll on Our Federal Highways (This Article)
