Satellite-Assisted European Road Tolls Next?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday September 10, 2003 @01:10PM 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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A really, really stupid idea. by AntiOrganic · 2003-09-10 13:28 · Score: 1, Redundant

I don't see what this could possibly accomplish that a tax on gasoline couldn't, and without all this useless, expensive and potentially invasive technology to boot.
Re:You gotta be kidding me!!! by HBI · 2003-09-10 13:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

Lest you wonder why the GDP in the Euro zone lags behind the US, Japan, etc - here is one of your big reasons.

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