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e-TAG toll gantries on the Tullamarine Freeway section of Melbourne's CityLink

e-TAG is a

tollways throughout Australia. It was originally developed by Transurban for use on their CityLink tollway in the late 1990s, with the system since adopted by all toll roads, bridges and tunnels in Australia. The technology had different names depending on the issuer, such as Breeze (Eastlink Melbourne),[1] Linkt (Transurban, includes former names E-way and go via), and E-toll (Transport for NSW).[2] However, these are all interchangeable across Australia and no surcharges apply for use on other operators' toll roads.[3]

Toll roads in Australia use free-flow tolling, with no toll booths along the entire length of the system to impede traffic flow. Australia was one of the first countries in the world to have complete, surcharge-free interoperability between rival tolling providers across different state roadway systems. In July 2007, both e-TAG and e-pass video tolling arrangements were introduced in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Westlink M7, Cross City Tunnel and the Lane Cove Tunnel.[4] This measure substantially eased traffic jams heading towards electronic gantries, providing increased convenience and time savings. In early 2009, the Sydney Harbour Bridge became toll-booth free, requiring e-TAGs to be used.

There are over 850,000 e-TAG account customers, and over 1 million e-TAGs have been issued.[5]

Technology

The e-TAG electronic tolling is based on

automatic number plate recognition
system and checked against a government motor registration database.

For infrequent use of the system a user can buy a Daypass – by phone, online, at any Australia Post outlet or at participating service stations. A Daypass can be bought in advance or afterwards (until midnight three days later).[6]

If payment has not been made after three days, the vehicle's registered owner will be sent a late toll invoice in the mail, and if the late toll invoice is then not paid a fine will be issued. In Victoria fines are issued by

Civic Compliance Victoria
.

The life of the battery in an e-TAG transponder is approximately 5 years. Customers are advised when a device is about to expire and to contact the issuer should their e-TAG not beep as they pass a tolling gantry, to receive a replacement device.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tolling & How to Pay". EastLink. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ "myE-Toll". Myrta.com. 27 June 2003. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Sydney Motorways". Sydneymotorways.com. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. ^ Aston, Heath (5 July 2007). "Drivers' gridlock on e-tags". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  5. ^ "There are many ways to ROAM" (PDF). roam.com.au. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Passes - Linkt". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ^ "CityLink – Using your e-TAG device". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.

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