HGS Toll?

[Phil Johns]

Hi All

Anyone know how the new HGS toll road thing works? got one last trip but do not see anything at the gate that tells you what credit you have left only what the was cost for the bit you have driven, So my question is how do you know what is remaining or are we supposed to remember what the balance was? also how do you top it up with what I know it is at a TTP but have nothing to produce I stuck what I was given to the windscreen, it was 50TL told me it was 5tl for sticker and 45 credit "maybe". So any help would be welcome.:car::noidea:

 

[v6cod]

It looks from here HGS CSC

That you can top up at a ptt might get more from this site if you google translate it am on my ipad at the moment so can't see if it will help
though.

There is an option to put your number plate in or username so maybe you can check and credit online?

 

[immac]

I noticed on the Garanti Bank web site that you can top up on-line there.

Ian

 

[Phil Johns]

I am not so worried about topping up as will go to PTT, and they also have them at the barriers as well, Post office at the motorway lol My main query is how do you check what credit you have left, as all it tell's you is the cost of that journey, and below AZ,

 

[v6cod]

Have you tried putting your number plate in here

HGS CSC

And see what it comes up with.

 

[Jan1]

Just got one of these recently, wasn't given anything for the windscreen, just the card itself?

Jan

 

[gazzer]

Hı, As you say you only see what ıt has cost when you go through the toll booth and not what ıs left...the man at the booth where ı purchased my card for the screen told you keep usıng ıt untıl the tıme you go through and the lıght shows red and a message comes up no credıt....you then have ten days to top up the card and the debıt ıs then taken from the card.....hope thıs explaıns ıt....G

 

[altinkum kev]

They send you a message by text when you get low.

 

[Lez Zetli]

HGS fiasco - no stickers - alarms - penalties

I was going to drive from Izmir to Çeşme on the otoyol so I went to my village PTT to buy a sticker. No dice, they've run out. So we went to a larger village, same story. In Izmir tried a large filling station on the free otoyol, but same story. No problem, I thought, I'll go to the office at the start of the pay section.
As we approached the start of the pay section there was a large electronic message board lit up proclaiming that you could purchase and refill HGS stickers at the service area 20km later. Excellent! I'll do that then. I think that you've probably guessed the rest, but just in case;
We drove into the service area and were told, "We've run out of stickers". :mmph: Being rather miffed at this point, having been lured onto the motorway into an illegal position, we asked, as politely as possible, how were we to exit the otoyol without setting the alarms ringing and penalties being applied. "It's alright, you won't have to pay and you should be able to buy one within a week" (with hindsight, this was a wrong interpretation of what she said, I have to confess).

Relieved, we pressed on. As we travelled down the exit road it was with some trepidation I approached the toll gates because I rather suspected that the alarms might not have been switched off after all. I gritted my teeth and pressed on. Sure enough I was greeted with alarms wailing and an electronic sign displaying 29 TL penalty. I was really pissed off. Incompetent bunch of comics, I thought. No I didn't; what I really thought I can't print here.

A few days later my Turkish wife checked the PTT website and verified that the penalty had been registered against us, and that if we didn't pay within 7 days the penalty would be ten times that amount. She heads for Izmir to try and buy a HGS sticker and clarify the penalty.

This time she tries her bank with success; the advantage of using the bank is that when the credit drops below a certain value it is automatically topped up.

A happy (ish) ending
The bank said that as we had bought our sticker within 7 days of receiving the penalty we wouldn't have to pay it and only the cost of the journey itself would be debited. Today, my wife received a text message from HGS confirming this. Unfortunately it cost her 24 TL to travel to Izmir to sort this out.

Summary:
If you haven't got a HGS sticker you can still use the otoyol and avoid penalty by buying one within 7 days. Tough luck if they've run out, I guess!

A friend of ours bought from the PTT and she confirms what Altinkum Kev says that you get a text from HGS when your account is getting low.

@Jan1: When you buy an HGS sticker you get the sticker itself with instructions where to stick it (!) and a second label with a barcode which you can keep with your car docs.

 

[Jan1]

Re: HGS fiasco - no stickers - alarms - penalties

I'm really confused now, all we got was a card????, we did flash this at the camera when we went thru, I'm in the UK at the mo, but will check that we have not got a fine when we get back.

 

[LyndaCB]

Re: HGS fiasco - no stickers - alarms - penalties

I'm really confused now, all we got was a card????, we did flash this at the camera when we went thru, I'm in the UK at the mo, but will check that we have not got a fine when we get back.

Hi Jan

You could have the card from the older system? The new system has only just come in recently and they give you a sticker for your wind screen...

120 tl fines if you go through and don't pay within 10 days though ;-( (you get your fine when you go and pay your car tax - nice!!! lol)

Lynda

 

[Lez Zetli]

@Jan1: you can learn if you have a penalty right now by going to the link that v6cod kindly posted in post 5. Enter your car reg in caps. If you get the answer, Girdiğiniz plaka numarasına ait geçiş ihlal kaydı bulunmamaktadır then you haven't got a penalty. If you get something else try google translate.

 

[Omentide]

I think there might be cards in the HGS system. We did try to find out about them and failed....

Still trying to work out where to stick the sticker on the motorbike. If anyone has any idea, please let us know. (At the moment it's in a wallet and we intend to hold it up in a windscreen-like position as we pass through the barrier).

 

[altinkum kev]

Stick it on your visor, lol

 

[Omentide]

Stick it on your visor, lol

We have no visors!

I shall just have to pretend to be a windscreen.

 

[eadie6679]

Hi

We usually hire a car when for when we land at Izmir for our onward journey to Akbuk. Does anyone know how this new toll payment works with hire cars?

I still have an old KGS card which I topped up just before we left last September, can this still be used?

Alan

 

[altinkum kev]

No you can not use the card but in some cases they will transfer the balance to the new system, some car hire companies have the new system ready to go.

 

[essex_girl]

Hi

We usually hire a car when for when we land at Izmir for our onward journey to Akbuk. Does anyone know how this new toll payment works with hire cars?

I still have an old KGS card which I topped up just before we left last September, can this still be used?

Alan

We contacted our hire company, Proper Cars, and they said each of their cars has a card and that we should use it and pay them at the end of our rental period.

 

[Lez Zetli]

I think there might be cards in the HGS system. We did try to find out about them and failed....

Still trying to work out where to stick the sticker on the motorbike. If anyone has any idea, please let us know. (At the moment it's in a wallet and we intend to hold it up in a windscreen-like position as we pass through the barrier).

Certainly back in October some people were reporting that cards were available (although as you say there doesn't seem to be much evidence now of this) as here:

- HGS is smaller than OGS in order to draw less current therefore instead of keeping it in your pocket you should face it towards the receiver (keep in your hand for example). If you keep it in your pocket it might not be read by the receiver. Or, like I said, alternatively you can get a HGS card (it costs slightly more compared to HGS sticker) and use it on the bike, just like the old KGS system.

 

[susang]

Re: HGS fiasco - no stickers - alarms - penalties

Do the stickers have a time limit ? Bought mine Sept 13 - only used it twice - Didim to Izmir airport and back. Never received 2nd label with barcode only receipt from Ptt so how would I top up?