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Same @ Hattargi toll ( last toll before Belgaum, when coming from Kolhapur side). Ended up in the regular cash lane, and when I asked, the guy with the hand-held reader was called. On another note, had delays in 3 places today due to trucks with insufficient balance. | |
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So all these booths have one or the other ways to tell that FASTag exists. Either there is a FASTag logo on one of the Lane boards or there is an extra long lane wall/median that starts. But it would certainly be an issue when the queues are longer. Last edited by paragsachania : 9th February 2017 at 21:02. | |
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| ![]() Agree with Parag and condor. I am yet to get a Fastag for our new VW Polo, however wanted to update that Fastags on NH4 Belgaum-Pune-Mumbai section are working perfectly fine. This is based on my observations/experiences with travelling by SRS,VRL and Konduskar Volvo/Scania multiaxle buses on the said route. The dedicated Fastag lanes at Hattargi and Kognoli tolls in KA part of NH4 are opened only when a Fastag enabled vehicle arrives. In MH part of NH4 and the Pune-Mumbai expressway, the lanes are open for all but are working well. Almost each bus of the huge Volvo/Scania fleet of SRS, VRL are equipped with Fastags. Since I usually travel in front most seats, I have been observing this carefully whenever we pass through a toll. Last edited by vivek95 : 9th February 2017 at 21:29. |
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| ![]() Looks like my trip to Kerala would again be on a "cash mode". I had recharged my FasTag account two weeks back. Tomorrow, I am supposed to start my journey and decided to log in and check if every thing is fine. My ID and password was not recognized. I even tried requesting an OTP (after answering the hint question correctly), no OTP arrives on my phone. Now after multiple attempts my account is locked out. Trying to call the Help Desk number, and typical of a sarkaari/PSU bank the 24/7 help desk is not reachable. All their executives are busy (doing what??) at 2155Hrs IST today. This seems to be another noble idea, implemented quite pathetically. |
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| ![]() That is my only hope. If locking of my account also means my RFID tag becomes unusable, then I think this pathetic system needs to be thrown in to the dust bin. A friend was trying to get this, I have asked him to wait. |
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| ![]() I'm quite sure that "locking" of the account will have nothing to do with the RFID getting recognised at toll plazas. That account login is just for the portal front end. Once you request a fresh password via online/phone channels, you should be able to login and check status of the account. |
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On the other hand, if your account was intentionally locked by the provider then I believe it is appropriate for them to prevent you from accessing your balance as well. | |
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How ever, I am now becoming skeptical of how this tag would be beneficial. 1. Had to cross the Paliyekkara toll booth near Trichur, and there was no tangible advantage at all. Every vehicle was allowed on the FasTag lane and the toll booth attendant actually noted down the vehicle number etc. Time taken was pretty much the same, if I had actually paid cash. 2. Return journey. Sunday evening. Thoppur toll, Krishnagiri toll and Athibele toll were all packed with multiple queues being formed. The tails of the queue were long, so it is really difficult to identify which queue would take me to the FasTag lane. After switching across queues multiple times, did land up at the FasTag lanes, and then the security guards allowed me to pass through. Time saved was only very minimal. Currently what I could make out is that lot many people consider FasTag too be some elitist scheme and beneficial for selected drivers. So they make a fuzz when a lane is kept locked up, and other queues being very long. And then they see a perfectly non-special private vehicle coming in, the lane gets opened up and they make a quick get away. That for many does not look right thinking from a "socialist" view point. So they start creating problems for the security guards "protecting" FasTag lane. | |||
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At some of these tolls, the guard also has a hand-held scanner so they just look for the tag, scan it and you're in and out of the lane quickly without a need to stop again at the toll booth. But, at the tolls where the guard only verifies tag presence and allows the vehicle into the lane for scanning at the booth ahead, I have found that many times, these guys aren't aware or can't recognize the tags ![]() During a recent trip, the guy simply wouldn't believe that I had a FasTag and kept arguing that the tag is not as small as the one pasted on my car's windshield ![]() When the lines get longer on holidays and long weekends, it's the not the guards who decide to let all vehicles into the FasTag lane, that is a decision made by the supervisor/manager at the toll plaza. Last edited by NPV : 13th February 2017 at 16:03. | |
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My problem so far has been locating the tag-enabled lane, considering there is no standard position or signage. | |
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![]() I've found that it is easiest to locate the FasTag lanes on early morning drives when traffic is low. Couple of times, typically when returning to Bangalore I've ended up in the wrong lane on account of traffic since it's difficult to align oneself to the correct lane when the line extends beyond 200-300 meters. *I also think the best solution is to do away with dedicated FasTag lanes and instead enable FasTag equipped vehicles to use any lane - this shouldn't be rocket science since some toll plazas (I've mentioned some of them from my earlier experiences in other posts) have already implemented this. Last edited by NPV : 13th February 2017 at 17:26. | |
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If they would have installed Fastag lanes in a single format; like right most lane in all toll lanes. It would have been easier for all. Quote:
There were lot of truckers using Fastag thanks to cash crunch due to demonetization. Now since cash shortage is almost over, not sure how many of them will stick to Fastag. Also, feel that NHAI failed to capitalize fully on the cash crunch situation with long pending tag shortage issue. | |||
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Until this happens, what say we undertake an exercise to build an online spreadsheet that lists the lane at various tolls that we know of? As a reference document it will help many people. | |
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| ![]() It is 2 months since I have been using the FastTag. I am happy about this arrangement until now. Aren't we suppose to receive a cashback of 10% of toll charges paid, every month? Is everybody receiving it? I am not and so I wrote a message at my online fast tag login, but did not get any reply yet. Anybody know, what is the way to get the cashback activated? Last edited by B103 : 16th February 2017 at 09:07. |
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