A new toll management system has been launched by e-Logics designed to help with the administration challenges that will come with electronic tolling on Gauteng's freeways. Dubbed “TxPoint”, it is designed to help fleet owners administer their e-toll obligations and manage the associated costs.
Johann van der Westhuizen, managing director of business applications and systems integrator e-Logics, elaborates: “The impact of e-toll on owners of corporate and public fleets, fleet leasing companies, logistics service providers, vehicle rental companies and vehicle retailers and dealerships extends way beyond just payment of toll fees. Fleet owners will need to accurately retrieve, allocate and recover e-toll costs in real-time at various levels, from employees to cost centres and customers. Deployment of e-tags will need to be tracked and controlled daily.”
Fifty vehicles passing under 10 gantries per day in a five-day work week will translate into 10 000 transactions. “The sheer volume of transactions and required validations makes it impossible for fleet owners to manage e-tolling transactions without a toll management system,” he said
TxPoint, Van Der Westhuizen explains, enables automated, real-time fleet vehicle and e-tag administration. It is designed for companies that own and manage medium to large fleets.
Fleet owners, he adds, need to know immediately about incidents such as duplicate number plates, incorrect toll costs or discounts applied and potential misuse of e-tags.
“A further benefit of TxPoint is that it is well positioned to provide for the management of AARTO (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences) fines, once this demerit legislation is passed and implemented,” Van Der Westhuizen added.
