Highway concessionaire PLUS has announced that by the end of this year, in addition to Touch ‘n Go (TnG) and SmartTAG, all PLUS highway users will be able to use their credit or debit card for radio-frequency identification (RFID) toll payments, Berita Harian reports.
According to PLUS MD Datuk Azman Ismail, the company is currently in the process of upgrading its infrastructure, which when completed later this year will allow consumers to link a credit card or debit card to RFID PLUS. It is also in the process of enabling TnG eWallet as a method of payment.
He said that with these new payment options, PLUS users will no longer have to resort to kiosks or counters to add value to the TnG card or face issues when there is insufficient balance in their card. Azman said that the method could help alleviate congestion at toll plazas.
A major contributor to congestion at toll plazas were cards with insufficient balance, with many users often forgetting to reload their card. This is because consumers will usually leave their TnG card in the car and not carry it with them, as opposed to a wallet or smartphone, he told the publication.
“As we move forward, we are in the process of creating more payment options by making debit and credit cards as payment modes in the hope of solving the congestion problem on the freeway,” he said.
Azman also said that aside from expansion of toll payment options, PLUS is currently upgrading 1,400 closed-circuit camera (CCTV) videos on all its highways to ultra high-definition (UHD) cameras, with 10% of the work done so far. The new system will be equipped with video analytics software to provide traffic data and sources of congestion to PLUS, which will then be able to deliver messages and relay traffic information to road users in faster and more detailed fashion.
Not paying for toll is the best option.
Money will be used for our game changing goverment to build our country so paying toll is not a problem at all
mcm yes. paying toll is to pay khazanah & kwsp.
As above.
Non economic contributor to the nation always wants freebies from the nation LOL
Because the contributors are always finding ways not to contribute or contribute way way way less than they should. See “tax evasion” & “black economy”.
Indeed. Because the contributors previous pm lead by example, contribute way way way less 2011 until 2017. and past ft ministar in unpaid taxes, kebal weh
Which why previous PM implemented GST so these uncontributors are forced to declare so they have no choice but to contribute as appropriately. Unfortunately, now without GST, these uncontributors revert back to contributing much less again, all thanks to dumb ministers we have today.
@Siamkap
Spot on bro!
Spot on bro! previous PM implemented GST. then previous PM evaded taxes RM1. 69bil 1,690,000,000. smart previous PM
What does previous PM allegedly evaded taxes have to do with this automotive blogsite? Got nothing related at all, PH troopers please keep our site clean.
And what does previous PM implementing GST have to do with this automotive blogsite? Got nothing related at all. Heed your own advice and remove your BN troopers to keep the site clean.
What you mean nothing to do? GST has everything to do with automotive! It reduced prices of cars across the board. At least it has much more relevance than your PM evading taxes story. Please lah! You want to hentam last PM also use brain a bit lah! Don’t be a typical pakatan zombie. Memalukan pakatan saja!
Yup. Mana janji?
Glad u now enlightened, brader john. Rakyat suffered for the past 30 years for paying toll. Deswai harapan stepped in to stop this menace,
Atuk toll said we never said yes to highway takeover. So have to pay toll for another 30 years. Haha…
Who will maintain the roads if there are no tolls whatsoever?
You want potholes on highways? That’s how you get potholes on highways.
Singapore don’t have much tolls yet their roads rarely have potholes. So why not?
Singapore hav much ERP tolls. Brunei don’t hav tolls yet their roads rarely have potholes. Malaysia have potholes unless its PRU coming.
Self maintain
Apa guna roadtax?
Apa guna income tax?
Poket sendiri ke?
Highways smooth like jerman autobahn, tp free.
Kerata turbo siap AEB, airbag 10bijik, duduk 13org, 0-100kmh under 5saat, roadtax Rm50 setahun dan minyak 1l/100km. Harge bawah 20k…
Why not develop a direct charge to debit/credit cards?
Some malls are already using this for their parking. This way, we can all stop using the archaic TnG system. They have a lousy system and customer support. Credit/debit card is direct and faster than ttansferring money here, there, everywhere. How many e-wallets are there in a small country like ours now?
Sooner or later we can see that nobody uses TnG.
Most people use TnG because tolls use them. If we have a choice, I think majority will not use them.
Yes, Visa Wave and Mastercard Tap & go.
Most likely due to service charges by bank. Pay 60 sen, bank charges how much? I don’t know.
Upgrade TnG e-wallet – option to transfer the available money to the TnG cards. Its been hard for me to find topup booth whereas the toll people always told me kenot topup.
Why do you insist to slow down traffic and block everyone by topping up at tollbooths which isn’t the purpose for it? Go topup at any Speedmart or KKMart or 7-11 or even many ATM machines. Don’t hog the booth for your selfishness.
Just realized plus not using tng ewallet..stuck at toll booth about 5min…come on pls sync with tng ewallet..more easier and practical..
Wronggg.. not that we forgot to topup.. ur useless smart tag broke after few months. And there s a lot of toll to pay even for 1 day short distance route. How Do u think we can trace? Now u want to introduce another debit/kredit system? Just use ewallet lah… introduce another system for what? And u r investing more cctv to solve congestion? U must be kidding