Introduction of the Effective Countermeasure to Curb Passing Speed in ETC Lanes

In Japan, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) System utilization has increased dramatically since its introduction in July 2001 and the ETC utilization rate has been over 75%. With the increase of ETC utilization, some ETC-equipped vehicles pass over ETC lanes at over 20 km per hour and car accidents in ETC lanes to vehicles stopping in ETC lanes have increased. To cope with this situation, the countermeasure to curb passing speed in ETC lanes has become the urgent issue.