http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...787001,00.html
"CARS will spy on each other to catch drivers trying to evade road tolls under a scheme being proposed to enforce nationwide congestion charging. More than a million vehicles would be fitted with cameras to photograph the numberplates of those who failed to pay.
The Government is planning a “pay-as-you-drive” system under which fuel duty and road tax could be replaced by tolls for each mile travelled.
The rates would vary according to the level of congestion, with drivers paying £1.34 a mile on the busiest routes but only 2p a mile on quiet roads. A satellite tracking device in each vehicle would monitor its movements to ensure that the appropriate rate was being deducted from the driver’s pre-paid account
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Koool !
Milan.
"CARS will spy on each other to catch drivers trying to evade road tolls under a scheme being proposed to enforce nationwide congestion charging. More than a million vehicles would be fitted with cameras to photograph the numberplates of those who failed to pay.
The Government is planning a “pay-as-you-drive” system under which fuel duty and road tax could be replaced by tolls for each mile travelled.
The rates would vary according to the level of congestion, with drivers paying £1.34 a mile on the busiest routes but only 2p a mile on quiet roads. A satellite tracking device in each vehicle would monitor its movements to ensure that the appropriate rate was being deducted from the driver’s pre-paid account
"
Koool !
Milan.
) We could also discourage foreign truckers by actually getting them to pay for using our roads.
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