E-ZPass

E- ZPass is an electronic toll collection system based on RFID chips, which has been established in many parts of the north- eastern United States of America. The E- ZPass Interagency Group (IAG ) (about: E- ZPass services group) consists of 25 authorities or by other bodies, spread across 14 U.S. states that provide all users a standardized transponders available. 2013, the system was 20 years old.

Operation

The RFID transponder are visible usually mounted behind the windshield inside the passenger compartment of vehicles. Since some models have built windshields, inhibit or block radio signals, there are also modules for mounting outside, for example at the standard frame of the plate. Chips are programmed according to vehicle category (car, motorcycle, truck & bus, or the like ), as not all roads, bridges or tunnels, collect the same fees for all be traveled. There is a separate version for vehicles of authorities and government.

Toll stations are usually equipped with dedicated lanes for conventional and electronic payment.

Technology

The signal is sent to 915MHz at 500kbit / s in 256bit packets.

Others use

  • McDonald's offered customers in 2001 as part of a test run at the Drive In automated pay account through the E- ZPass. The system could not establish themselves there.
  • The Pittsburgh International Airport parking identified users over the chip, but calculated separately from.
  • Visitors to the Great New York State Fair will be offered a parking reservation.

Fees & Coverage

Credits can be purchased at malls or gas stations in the catchment area of the toll routes, fees to be paid also by invoice or subscription. The cost is low double-digit dollar amounts of deposit for the transponder itself, single-digit annual or monthly fees. Discounts are offered, for example, for trips outside of peak hours or locals.

Privacy

Transaction data of individual persons are saved and were repeatedly used in court proceedings to non-criminal matters.

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