- The road to open (with a barrier toll plaza mainstream);
- The motorway was closed (with motorway entrance / exit) and
- The motorway open road (no toll booths, electronic toll collection only at the entrance and exit, or at strategic locations on the mainline road).
Examples of systems Toll Road Open
M6 Toll at the toll plaza in Great Wyrley near Birmingham in England, United Kingdom
In the open toll system, all vehicles stop at various locations along the highway to pay the toll. While this can save you money on the lack of a need to build toll booths at every exit, it can cause traffic congestion while traffic queues at toll plazas mainline (toll barriers). It also allows the rider to enter the 'highway' open 'after the toll gate and exit before the toll gate is next, so that the rider can use the toll road, though not pay.
Examples of systems Toll Road Closed
A ticket from Kansas Turnpike.
In this closed system, the vehicle will take a ticket when entering the road. When going out, the driver must pay the amount listed for the exit. If the ticket is lost, motorists usually have to pay the maximum amount possible to travel on the highway. The toll road is short in the absence of the entrance / exit in the middle may have only one toll plaza on one side, by motorists traveling in both directions either pay a flat fee when they enter or when they exit from the motorway. In a variation of a closed toll system, the main stream barriers that are present on both ends of the motorway, and each exchange has toll roads paid upon exit or entry. In addition, with most systems, the only rider able to pay the toll in cash and / or changes; debit and credit cards are not accepted. However, some highways may have a travel plaza with ATM so that riders can stop and withdraw cash for tolls.
Toll calculated by the distance traveled on the toll road. In the United States, for example, the Kansas Turnpike, the Ohio Turnpike, Highway Indiana, Pennsylvania Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, and a part of the Massachusetts Turnpike, and the Florida Turnpike is currently implementing a closed system. In Indonesia, this system is most often used as a toll payment system.
Examples of Electronic Toll Road system
Open toll lane toll road in West 163rd Street plaza, the Tri-State Tollway near Hazel Crest, Illinois, United States
In this system, there is no collection of cash occurs, the toll is usually collected by using a transponder mounted on the windshield of each vehicle, which is linked to the customer's account debited for each use of the toll road. On some roads, such as Highway 407 near Toronto, Ontario, cars and light trucks without transponders were allowed to use the road (although truck with a gross vehicle weight of more than 5,000 kilograms must have a transponder)
The bill for the toll because then sent to the registered owner of the vehicle through the mail; Instead, Fort Bend Westpark Tollway near Houston, Texas, requires all vehicles to be equipped with a transponder.
As a complement to treat the motorway system, it is expected to also read the previous article History of the roads ... Thanks