The Government of Hungary, in order to increase the road safety, the protection of national road assets, and to ensure the equality of competition between carriers, launches the National Axle Weighing System, starting from 19th September 2017. The National Axle Weighing System is based on the principle of objective liability.
The purpose of the TSM (National Axle Weighing System) is to detect the offenders in the traffic, even without stopping the vehicle. The new system is expected to be more efficient than any other previous procedure. The introduction does not impose any new obligation for the companies concerned, however, the efficiency of controls is expected to increases from 2 percent to over 50 percent.
On the territory of Hungary 89 measuring points have been developed altogether. The weigh in motion strip sensors installed underground are able to determine the axle load and total mass of vehicles.
Please note that the measuring points will be gradually integrated into the system, simultaneously with their authentication and authorization, until the 31st of December, 2017. During the preparation period, there will be no fines, but warning decisions will be sent for those vehicle operator, whose vehicles do not comply with the determined axle load and the authorized total mass in accordance with the Hungarian regulations.
Beside the new TSM measuring points the authorities keep using the HAENNI weigh loads scale and the weigh stations, on regular roads traffic controls, and based on the results can impose a fine.
The official information and the map of the WIM sensors is available exclusively in Hungarian language, on the following link: https://obu.utdij.hu/hirek/tsm-merohelyei/
