As what we all know RFID is kicking in and it’s one hell of a new technology where you don’t need to slow down when you’re passing by the toll
The Touch ‘n Go has already launched it’s public pilot phase run and they have given more details on the RFID toll system.
In case you didn’t know, the pilot has kicked started off since September 3 ahead of a full-scale launch in January 2019. As acording to Touch ‘n Go, they have said that there are over 100,000 people signed up for the programme, although only 10,000 were actually approved. The plan is that the company intends to rope all 100,000 into the programme by the end of the year.
In case you didn’t know RFID is just a system that uses a sticker affixed to the car (on the windscreen or one of the headlights) and users who pass through an RFID toll lane will have the toll charge deducted from their Touch ‘n Go eWallet,
As according to the Touch ‘n Go CEO, Syahrunizam Samsudin, he has mentioned that during the event that the company sees the system as a service instead of a device, and that the move is moving towards digital payments
Previously, if you have insufficient balance, you need to reverse your car to go to another booth but with RFID, you will no longer be stopped at tolls when you have insufficient balance, the idea is that it will simply dock money from the eWallet once it is reloaded. This is the moving forward plan on the RFID and currently it’s still work in progress.
Here are some of the keynotes:
- There is no pricing yet on the RFID but for now, pilot users won’t have to pay anything. The company has yet to reveal pricing of the final offering.
- More places to install RFID. Currently, customers can only have the stickers fitted at five designated centres around the Klang Valley, including the Customer Experience Centre in Bangsar South, the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) Pantai Dalam toll, the Awan Besar R&R on the KESAS Expressway, the Besraya Highway Loke Yew toll and the Maju Expressway (MEX) Salak Selatan toll. Good news is that more locations will be introduced soon, and these will be expanded to include petrol stations, likely with the help of mobile fitting stations.
- You can still use your SmartTag. Many people still having the SmartTag and SmartTag will still be running. The RFID system will used to phase out the Touch ‘n Go cards first.
- There would be a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) system in the future, it will likely utilise both SmartTAG and RFID systems.
If you want to know more details on the RFID, you can visit the official Touch ‘n Go website and the TNG Careline for more detail information