Until the end of 1995 Toll Collection on the Slovene Freeways was carried out manually. European trends in the field of Electronic Toll Collection are known. Slovenia was the first Central European country which decided to stop using a manual toll collection system and establish the ETC system, this was a Slovenian Parliament decision. The main goal was to reduce vehicles stops and air pollution as a part of environmental protection. The single lane toll booth and barrier based Electronic Toll Collecting system in Slovenia is described as the intermediate phase until the full free flow multilane multi-user tolling and enforcement system, compatible with the other European Community standards will be established in Slovenia. The system definition and users experiences of 9 month commercial use of The Electronic Toll Collection, called the ABC System pilot project on the Torovo Toll Plaza will be presented, too. The system, based on bi-directional read/write microwave 2.45 GHz link, was developed and integrated by Slovene companies. Special emphasis was devoted to the traffic arrangement of the existing toll plaza. The plans for the future expansion of the ABC ETC system will be described. (A)
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