Travellers! Your road trips will soon become cheaper. This is all thanks to the government introducing a new technology for revenue collection. FASTag may soon turn redundant as tolls will be levied using GPS satellite technology. So, how is this going to impact you? Well, read on to know more.
GPS Satellite Technology To Be Used For Toll Collection
Up until now, the toll is collected for the entire distance travelled from one toll plaza to the next. So, vehicles that don’t even travel the entire distance but finish their journey in a different location must still pay the toll in full. Here’s where the new GPS satellite technology comes into play. According to the new technology, travellers need to pay the toll for the number of kilometres or distance a car travels on a highway or expressway.
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Road Trips To Get Cheaper Thanks To New Toll Collection System
So, tolls will be collected via GPS imaging moving vehicles. This might remove the need for toll booths altogether. Since GPS-based toll collection systems will replace them. The GPS-based approach to collecting tolls is very popular in European countries. India is all set to adopt this approach and the pilot projects for the same are being tested. So, this will make your road trips cheaper, hassle-free and smoother. Meanwhile, here’s Kamiya Jani’s road trip experience to Goa.