Talk:Electronic toll collection

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[edit] Use for Parking

Aren't many of these technologies also used as an easy way of billing customers at parking lots and parking meters? Some text on that would be nice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.237.165.40 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 5 June 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Technical Origin

The initial version is described in the summary as a move from Toll road (which is mostly true) but the initial 'graph of the initial revision of the article is largely preserved there as the third 'graph in Toll road#Toll collection technology, and here in the lead 'graph.

In writing the original version that 'graph, i relied on my misunderstanding of IFF as the aircraft technology. I have recently learned that (despite the similarities) the IFF systems of US tanks were specifically adapted to serve recent years' surge of ETC systems. Thus i am changing "aircraft" to "military" in both places.
--Jerzy•t 21:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misplaced ETC material

The original move of material from what has become Toll road#Toll collection technology to this talk page's article failed to make the lk to here a "Main article" lk, and material suited to this article has continued to accumulate in the other. The ideal time to retrofit such a lk is in the same edit that moves the misplaced material from there. I'm doing neither at this time, in the hope that someone more willing to work extensively on the article will do a better job of integrating the moved material than i eventually will, if it stays at it is too long.
--Jerzy•t 21:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toll Collection Systems

There is an inconsistency with this section, namely for Australia. Notice that for each of the other countries the collection systems themselves are mentioned. For Australia, the motorways and freeways are mentioned. The systems include E-Way, E-Tag etc... not the "M4 Motorway". If someone has a complete list of Australian electronic toll collection systems, it would be something to look at updating. Ozzah 12:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I've created a stub on e-TAG - Transurban came up with it for CityLink in Melbourne, and it has since spread to Sydney after Transurban brought out some roads there. e-TAG appears to called 'Roam' interstate. I'm not sure what systems Sydney and Brisbane used before that. Wongm 01:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I've corrected information that suggested that the E-Tag only worked in Sydney. 58.105.35.196 (talk) 09:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)