general Directorate of Highways, OGS Upon the news that deposit fees will not be refunded, he made a new statement concerning all drivers.
As you know, with the decision of the General Directorate of Highways, only HGS has been used in bridge and highway crossings as of March 31. It was said that this decision was made after some drivers claimed that the two systems were causing confusion. However, at this point, it was claimed that the deposit fees of the canceled OGS devices would not be refunded. KGM made a statement on the subject soon after.
In the statement made by KGM “The deposit fee mentioned in the news that the OGS deposit fees will not be refunded in the public opinion is not the deposit fee, but the OGS device price that our citizens paid when buying the OGS device. OGS devices were used until 31 March 2022 and were replaced with HGS device free of charge during the transition to HGS. ” was stated.
If you remember, KGM said in its first statement on the subject:All necessary measures will be taken to ensure that OGS subscriber vehicle owners do not experience any grievances, and vehicle owners with OGS labels will be given the HGS label free of charge by the bank where the OGS device was purchased, and their accounts will be converted into HGS accounts. ” was stated.
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In the application they developed together with ePTTAVM.com, the e-commerce initiative of PTT, and Ülkem A.Ş, users can check their balances on their smartphones and load money with HGS tags. Users with a fingerprint reader on their phones can load their credit cards with their fingerprints after defining them in the application.
With the application, money can be loaded using license plate, TR ID or tag numbers. If you subscribe to the application, frequently used HGSs can be saved; By defining a lower limit, the application can warn when the balance decreases.
In addition, the application understands which road you are on via GPS and warns you if you are close to a toll booth and the balance is insufficient. Thanks to this feature, penalty passes are prevented.