event in which a vehicle passes through a Charge Object that implies that vehicle has to be charged or a different rate (e.g. price per kilometre) applied

NOTE This event refers to the use of a certain object and not to the mechanisms by which detection is produced.

situation where the User has been correctly charged according to the rules of the system

NOTE For discrete Charging Schemes this means that for a given chargeable journey the Chargeable Events have been correctly identified and for continuous schemes that the Charge determined is within the Accepted Charging Error Interval.

element of the system responsible for detecting Chargeable Events associated with a Charge Object

NOTE The output of this element provides the key information to compute a charge in a discrete scheme, or act as input for a function in a continuous scheme (e.g. for zones where distance tariffs apply).

Chargeable Event that takes place but is not recorded by the system

adverse change to the level of business objectives achieved

attempt to destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorised access to or make unauthorised use of an asset

whole of the exchange of information between the roadside equipment and the on-board equipment necessary for the completion of an electronic fee collection operation over the dedicated short range communication

situation where the calculated charge is below the Accepted Charging Error Interval