Ministry must review FETC before taking over service By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The government is obligated to review the performance of an electronic toll collection (ETC) system contractor before terminating an agreement with it, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said on Friday, in response to an online petition to have the state run the system. Taiwanese Internet celebrity nicknamed Awater (鬼才阿水) in January proposed on the National Development Council’s Public Policy Participation Network Platform that the government take over the system from Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co (FETC). The petition garnered 5,437 signatures within 60 days. The government must respond to petitions that cross the 5,000-signature threshold.