As an important part of China's transportation, with the growth of the number of vehicles, the burden of paying tolls through the highway is becoming heavier and heavier. In order to improve the efficiency of toll collection and reduce the queuing time of vehicles, the state has launched an ETC (Electronictollcollection) electronic non-stop toll collection system. However, although ETC has received strong support and promotion from the state, in practical application, people find that the artificial passage is overcrowded, and ETC is regrettably deserted. This begs the question: why is ETC not welcomed? This article will focus on the development process of ETC, its own defects, and other factors.
As a non-stop electronic toll collection system, ETC has been under construction in various provinces and cities since 2010, and completed the nationwide switching test in 2014. By September 2015, ETC has achieved full networking across the country, and ETC cards can operate stably on all highways across the country. With the support of national propaganda and policies, ETC has gradually been rapidly promoted, and the penetration rate has also increased significantly. However, despite the increasing popularity of ETC, in practice, people are more willing to choose to queue up for manual charges than to spend time on ETC. So, why is ETC not welcomed?
1.Cumbersome procedures: In the early stage, you need to go to the bank to handle it according to the process, and fill in a large number of ** and supporting materials. However, many banks have now cancelled the ETC service, making it more difficult. In addition, the application and installation of ETC equipment also requires professional and technical personnel to operate, and car owners are more inclined to give up the installation of ETC under the consideration of time and cost.
Expansion: With the continuous advancement of technology, the procedures for ETC are gradually simplified, such as the current ETC can be handled through the network without going to the bank, which greatly improves the convenience of processing.
2.Lack of economy and practicability: the discount enjoyed by ETC to pay tolls is only 95% off, which is almost the same as that of the artificial channel. For most car owners, they don't have much need for high-speed travel, so they don't have much interest in saving a few tolls. In addition, there is no significant time difference between the ETC channel and the manual channel, which can only save a few seconds. Therefore, from an economic and practical point of view, ETC is not very attractive.
3.Deduction problem: ETC deduction reminder usually reminds the owner a few days after payment, if the car is borrowed and on the highway, the owner needs to pay for it, which is very cost-effective. In addition, for some car owners who need to issue invoices for reimbursement, the difficulty and time of issuing invoices for ETC are problematic and cannot meet their needs.
4.Negative propaganda impact: The Internet is an important channel for communication, when some negative news is widely spread on the Internet, people will easily believe and have doubts and resistance to ETC. Some negative news such as ETC being stolen and personal information leakage do exist, which further exacerbates people's doubts and worries about ETC.
Summary: There are some defects and problems in ETC in terms of cumbersome procedures, insufficient economy and practicability, fee deduction problems and negative publicity impacts, which lead to a certain resistance and unacceptance of ETC in practical application.
Although there are some problems with ETC, it also has a lot of advantages. First of all, ETC can easily and efficiently solve the problem of low traffic efficiency, and the speed of identifying the deducted vehicle is very fast, and the vehicle can pass without stopping and queuing to pay, which greatly reduces the traffic jam of the vehicle on the highway. Secondly, the use of ETC can reduce labor costs and improve the efficiency of toll collection. Finally, ETC can also provide more convenient services through integration with other transportation facilities, such as intelligent navigation, highway traffic information query, etc.
With the continuous advancement of technology and the continuous improvement of the ETC system, I believe that the problem of ETC will be gradually solved. At present, the ETC system has begun to pilot the implementation of non-inductive payment in many provinces and cities, and car owners do not need to install ETC equipment, but only need to bind the license plate and payment account, and automatically deduct the fee through license plate recognition. This will further simplify the ETC procedures and improve the convenience and popularity of the ETC. In addition, with the trend of digitalization and intelligence, in the future, ETC will be combined with Internet of Vehicles, mobile payment and other technologies to become an important part of smart transportation, providing more and more convenient services for people to travel.
In general, although there are some defects and problems in the practical application of ETC, with the continuous progress of technology and policy, it is believed that ETC will gradually be solved and more widely used. It will bring more efficient and convenient services to the transportation industry, while making a positive contribution to economic and social development.