Singapore is set to introduce a new pay-as-you-drive system for its electronic road pricing (ERP), in which motorists will be charged based on distance covered instead of the fixed fee in place now. The navigation-based system will be introduced next year.
Motorists will have to switch from their existing ERP in-vehicle units to new on-board units (OBU), and the country’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has said that the replacement exercise will be carried out progressively, as The Straits Times reports.
The first replacement will be done free of charge, with the installation likely to be carried out at vehicle inspection centres and appointed workshops. During the transition period, which has been reported as being around 18 months, both old and ERP systems will be operational.
Images of the supposed new OBU surfaced on online forums, but the LTA said that the photos were of photo illustrations from a 2016 study conducted on the project. The authority said that the new OBU was still being evaluated and not finalised. According to the report, the new OBU is expected to be larger than the current unit and will display information such as charges incurred for a journey.
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Here our gomen still hemming and hawwing about their uturn in abolishing tolls while across the border their gomen is looking at new ways to toll their road users. One is efficient at coming out with excuses and the other is efficient at squeezing out more money from their rakyat.
Many complain, u should stay across the border.
I think he meant the people in both sides of the border are screwed one way or the other….
Malaysia the most liveable country in the world. Period.
Says the rich, but not those B40s scraping every sen daily. A country is not just for the rich, yeah?
Deswaii longlive birkins^^
In one case the revenue goes to Govt while in the case of the other Revenue goes to private people?
You can run, but you cant hide anymore.
While Malaysia is still busy working some nonsense RFID with boomgates/tol collection points that creates bottleneck and contributes to most of the congestion we face on the road.
The more you drive the more expensive it is. GG.com
Foreign vehicle at S$5 per day still apply then?
Singapore is so clever and got vision. Even their old ERP was 25 years ahead of our RFID.
Now only Malaysia looking at RFID etc. We should send rombongan lawatan sambil belajar to Singapore to learn how they can forsee the future and have technology that is 25 years ahead of its time.
Our main problem is not technological reason, it’s mainly a law/regulations one.
– Standardized number plate
– Fine collection system
– Law enforcement
Until that things tidy up, we will have to wait much longer to gantry-less free-flow collection system.
RFID technology way more practical in Malaysia ,
Good ol Singapore. Always looking for new ways to make their citizen pay tribute to the government.
Most definitely. This new device sounds like a GPS tracker (navigation based) – big brother Lee knows where your car is all the time in Singapore.