Automated Road Toll Collection and Vehicle Tracking (ARTCVT) Using Advanced RFID and GSM Technology

Abstract

Toll plazas in Malaysia now utilize two passing techniques for toll collection: touch n’ go and smart tag. These methods are not fast which is time-consuming the car pausing to pay the toll, or passing slowly if utilizing smart tags, cause heavy traffic, and makes the queues appear prior to the tollbooths, furthermore, none of these technologies has been using a tracking system to detect the number of the vehicles that are contrary to traffic law. In this paper, we propose using advanced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology (ARTCVT) to automate road toll collection and vehicle tracking to eliminate delays on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically, as well as to automatically track vehicles that violate rules, Automatic process of toll collection will save time, effort, and manpower. Moreover, can be very effective to support social distancing during pandemics. An RFID tag will be fixed in the vehicle's front glass; this tag will hold a unique identification number issued by the traffic authority; all the basic information of the vehicle and driver in addition to the amount of money for the toll collection will store and identify with the identification number. The toll amount will be deducted automatically whenever the vehicle passes through the toll gate and the balance will be updated, the deducted amount and new balance will send to the driver as an SMS message. SMS as a reminder to top up the account will be sent in case of insufficient balance. The advantages of our proposed system are reduced traffic jams and save fuel consumption, time, effort, and manpower.