Who? | Trucks with a max. weight over 7.5 metric tons, trucks with trailers over 7.5 metric tons |
Where? | Motorways and certain federal roads |
What? | Distance-based toll (the system is called Toll Collect) |
How? | Manually at the toll station terminal, via Internet or automatically by on-board unit (OBU) |
Since the beginning of 2011, road toll for trucks in Germany was raised by an average of 20 Cent per kilometre. Currently all motorways and some frequently used federal roads are part of the toll road network. Toll must be paid by trucks with a maximum permissible weight exceeding 7.5 tons or for smaller vehicles if they reach a total weight of more than 7.5 tons in connection with a trailer and if they are suitable for the transport of goods.
Available are a manual and an automatic accounting procedure. For participation in the automatic accounting an on-board unit (OBU) needs to be installed in the truck. The OBU uses satellite-based GPS to calculate the toll due for the respective distance. Trucks without OBU have to pay the toll in advance through toll terminals placed for instance in petrol stations, or via Internet.
At Inntal Ost you can find five Toll Collect Terminals.
The vehicle cards are an instrument for frequent drivers to register their vehicle with Toll Collect. All relevant vehicle data (licence-plate number, pollutant category, number of axles) is electronically recorded, thus enabling the driver to accomplish log-on even more quickly and easily. The vehicle cards can also be used for payment.
It is also possible to cancel earlier manual bookings at the toll station terminals.
Partial or complete cancellations within 15 minutes following log-on are free of charge. After that period of time, a service fee of 3 Euros is deducted.
The transport company or truck driver first enters his or her Internet log-in and password. At the initial log-on, he enters the user ID and the master PIN. The rest of the process is similar to logging on at a toll station terminal. A special convenience of the log-on via Internet is that frequently travelled routes can be recorded as standard routes. When the user agrees with the specified route, he or she books the route and receives his or her log-on number. The driver must take this with him or her because it simplifies inspection at control points and is needed to make partial cancellations at toll station terminals.
To participate in this system, the trucks required to pay the toll must be registered with Toll Collect. Following registration an authorised service partner installs the on-board unit (OBU) into the vehicle and puts it into operation. The cost for the installation amounts to approximately 250 - 300 Euros.
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