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Satellite-Assisted European Road Tolls Next?

Posted by simoniker on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In 'Pay-as-you-go motoring just around the corner,' the European Space Agency (ESA) says that "road tolls could be made fairer if satellite-assisted distance pricing is implemented." Experiments are currently underway in Ireland, Portugal and Germany, before a possible extension to other countries. Potential benefits of such a road tolling system would be fairer implementation of charging on a 'pay for use' basis. All these experiments are using the US-operated Global Positioning System (GPS). But in 2010, when the system is fully implemented, it will use the Galileo satellite system."

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  1. eh? by EMH_Mark3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Satellite-Assisted European Road Trolls? ugh, I need to stop reading Slashdot :/

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  2. Typical bill by OpenSourcerer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Toll Usage : 56 Euros
    Satelite surcharge : 734 Euros
    Getting a ticket because the sattelite tracked how fast you went : priceless

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  3. Re:How easy to disable? by drsmithy · · Score: 2, Funny
    yeah, but what they really want to do is charge more for certain roads or road types - eg super-mega-freeways will be expensive (but fast and convenient), whereas smaller roads will be slow but cheap.

    This is already done - speed traps.

  4. Re:Galileo vs. GPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you drive a Corvette in Germany at full speed, stay in the slow lane. Otherwise you'll get run over.