e-TOLL: from now on fines up to 1,500 PLN and new police cars to control fees

e-TOLL from October 1 becomes the only system for paying road tolls; The old viaTOLL has stopped working. new system It is not only applicable to trucks or buses, but also passenger cars (Effective December 1, 2021; an application that must be active during the flight will be requested). They will take care of the fees 102 new ITD police cars Equipped with sets of the latest cameras to read license plates.

Automobile Inspection Services It was built on the basis of the unmarked Focus Ford and the premium Transit Custom models. Specialized equipment is provided a company Vitronic from Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Headquarters in Germany). Police cars are equipped with cameras (side, front, and rear) and sensors built into the rooftop “cock” (enforcement tape units), and thanks to the ANPR / OCR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition / Optical Character Recognition) system that works with the devices installed in the cars , it is possible to check in real time whether the electronic toll has been paid for using the roads.

E-TOLL Fees – How do new police cars check drivers?

Equipment efficiency The manufacturer specifies a level above 98 percent. In addition, the solution will enable night control, as well as both static (a car parked next to the road) and dynamic – reading license plates even It reaches a speed of 250 km / h. While driving, a set of cameras can control the lanes on either side of a moving police car.

– Enforcement tape allows officers to instantly check the registration numbers of passing vehicles, whether they are parked or moving, and classify vehicles according to their dimensions. The collected data is sent to the database and compared to the list of vehicles that have paid for their trip. This solution eliminates the need to queue at the gates and will greatly facilitate and improve mobility Poland – said Michał Żuchora of Vitronic Machine Vision Polska.

This is not the end. Soon the system will be expanded with more devices installed on bridges and toll collection points (MPO) On the highways A2 I am A4.

500 zlotys of fine not only for the lack of new fees and taxes for police cars

Without fees In the case of passenger cars, it threatens Authorization 500 PLN You pay within 14 days. such quantity Extra charge to PLN 400 if we pay up to 7 days. The obligation to pay tolls for the use of the highway rests with the owner, owner or user of the vehicle. The fine is not imposed if the toll is paid within 3 days from the end of the journey on the highway or its section.

A fine of 500 PLN You can also get:

• driving the car for you boards covered (There are still drivers using bicycle racks without a third plate) or decorated, or with signs, inscriptions, or things in the front of the vehicle that limit the readability of such plates or whose registration plates are located in places other than those designed for this purpose;
• Ride along the lane designated for e-TOLL users without a properly functioning device or system that ensures transmission of geolocation data (in case of non-payment of fee or application failure);
• Lack of funds in the account to pay for the trip – if the driver registered in the e-Toll system makes prepaid calculations.

Truck drivers for similar offenses should be taken into consideration A fine of up to 1,500 PLN.

In addition, if during the inspection carried out by customs and tax officials, road transport inspection inspectors or the police it appears that the person paying the fee:

• Has not paid the toll for previous trips on the highway or its section, and
• His domicile or domicile is in a country in which Poland is not bound by an agreement or agreement on cooperation in the mutual recovery of such fees, or the possibility of debt enforcement does not arise directly from international regulations and provisions of that country and

Follow-up take a deposit In the amount of the surcharge for each of these trips.

– There are no additional fees If the driver left imposed Kara Fine By paying a fine for driving or partitioning a highway without a valid highway ticket or without a properly functioning on-board device, mobile app or external location system that ensures that geolocation data is transmitted to the e-TOLL system. The person submitting the fee has the right to object to the head of the KAS in the event that an additional fee is charged. Filing an objection does not relieve the obligation to pay the additional fees. explain what or what.

Huge checks from December 1 and the end of the hurdles

Police cars will patrol a total of about 3.7 thousand. Kilometers of toll roads. A veritable avalanche of controls is to be expected at the end of the yearThen the gates will disappear from state highways. From December 1, 2021 The state sections of motorways (A2 Konin-Stryków and A4 Sośnica-Wrocław) will be traveled without stopping at the gates.

Passenger car drivers He will be able to pay for the trip in two ways:

• when buying a highway ticket, for example at a gas station, specify the vehicle registration number;
• Using the e-TOLL PL application (uses geolocation data from the satellite).