Text file: 7454.txt
author: verso verso
downvotes: 12
end consideration date: 2016-05-03
id: '7454'
number comments: 8
number views: 3544
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nIn the area of toll system\
  \ development, the Republic of Slovenia committed itself some time ago to continue\
  \ the development of a system that will enable electronic toll collection in a modern\
  \ way according to the actual distance travelled, based on the user-pays and polluter-pays\
  \ principles.\nA modern electronic free-flow tolling system for vehicles with a\
  \ maximum permissible weight exceeding 3,500 kg will in fact make it possible to\
  \ charge tolls on the entire network according to the distance travelled. Activities\
  \ in this respect are led by DARS d.d., as the operator of the motorway and expressway\
  \ network.\nWhile it is true that an electronic toll collection system in free flow\
  \ of traffic for passenger vehicles would allow tolls to be paid according to the\
  \ actual distance travelled, setting up such a system is much more complex and demanding\
  \ than tolling vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of more than 3,500 kg.\
  \ Also, there is not yet a single tolling device (the so-called OBU), possibly already\
  \ fitted as standard in passenger cars, which would largely eliminate the logistical\
  \ problems of fitting OBUs to light vehicles, which, given the transit location\
  \ of our country, would arise for occasional users of the toll network (mainly foreigners).\
  \ According to the legislation, the use of vignettes is compulsory for motor vehicles\
  \ with a maximum permissible weight not exceeding 3 500 kg on motorways and expressways\
  \ managed by DARS d.d.. The vignette toll system was introduced with the aim of\
  \ improving the flow of passenger vehicle traffic and reducing emissions into the\
  \ environment. The vignette tolling system will therefore remain in force until\
  \ further notice, as data show that the system in place is adequate and well accepted\
  \ by users. The introduction of vignettes has led to a significant increase in passenger\
  \ vehicle traffic on the motorway and expressway network, with an indirect positive\
  \ impact on road safety. As already mentioned, the appropriate technical, legal\
  \ and commercial solutions for passenger cars have not yet been defined at European\
  \ level to allow for a rational implementation of a single EU-wide tolling service.\n\
  We consider that the existing tolling system in the Republic of Slovenia has been\
  \ adequately explained in the context of the preceding explanatory memorandum. Notwithstanding\
  \ the above, the Ministry of Infrastructure, as the competent department, is constantly\
  \ striving to find the most user-friendly solutions that allow users to realise\
  \ their mobility needs efficiently and at the lowest possible cost.\n "
response date: 2016-06-07
response due date: null
sent date: 2016-04-04
title: Introduce fair road pricing by introducing electronic tolling for all vehicles,
  or by
upvotes: 14
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/7454
