Paying Highway Tolls with Hi-pass
The HI-pass system allows drivers to pay highway tolls without having to stop and hand over cash.
Hi-pass requires both an Onboard Unit (OBU) and a Hi-pass card.
You can get OnBoard Unit (OBU) at the following locations:
- highway business offices (there are about 92 of them around the country)
- major highway rest stops
- car repairing centers and gas/petrol stations
- outlets in shopping malls
- some banks: Industrial bank of Korea, Shinhan Bank, and Hanabank
- On-line shopping malls
The HI-pass card is available in many of the above listed locations, but not in banks. You can charge the car with amounts ranging from W10,000 to W480,000. There is a W5,000 deposit when your first purchase the card, which can be topped up at any bank.
If person you ask does not understand OBU or Onboard Unit, try this Korean expressions: Dan mal gi.
For the current cost of the units, click on the website. You should see a pop-up with a range of units and their prices. As of March 2009, the prices ranged from W88,000 to W128,000, plus one model at W399,000.
The discount drivers get from using Hi-pass varies from 5% to 50% depending on the time of day and the specific highway. There is a section on the hi-pass website where you can calculate what your discount will be by inputting, in Korean, the road information and the time of day/night when you will be travelling on it.
The Hi-pass website (www.hipassplus.com) is in Korean only.
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