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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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