Toll collecting system for a vehicle

A system for collecting a toll for a vehicle carrying a number plate and a storage medium, the storage medium storing radio identification data including vehicle number data, the system comprising:

• means for receiving the radio identification data from the storage medium via a wireless transmission path;
• means for obtaining plate number data including a plate number from the number plate;
• means for comparing whether or not the radio identification data coincides with the plate number data wherein the radio identification data is received by the receiving means from the storage medium and the plate number data is obtained by the obtaining means from the number plate;
• first calculation means for calculating the toll of the vehicle in accordance with the identification data stored in the storage medium when the radio identification data coincides with the plate number data;
• means for reading the identification data from the storage medium;
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• second calculation means for calculating the toll of the vehicle in accordance with the identification data read by the reading means when the radio identification data differs from the plate number data.