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I suspect, requiring all cars to have a telematic device is the answer here. Insurance companies are already using these and the behaviour of individuals drasti
by awjr 9y ago
I suspect, requiring all cars to have a telematic device is the answer here. Insurance companies are already using these and the behaviour of individuals drastically improves when one is installed.
This has an advantage in enabling provision of a device at country borders etc.
Another option is to develop a cheap Automatic Number Plate Camera and create a network of cameras across our road systems.
Both approaches not only allow road pricing strategies, but also address speeding.
This may be a bit big brother for some but this is pretty much the way I see us heading.
- Already__Taken 9y agoa complete big brother The future is going to be dreadful isn't it.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoBlame the drivers. If most drivers weren't showing utter disregard to traffic laws pretty much all the time, there wouldn't be a dire need for ALPRs to curb speeding.
- fivestar 9y agoAnd if speed limits were set to what people really drive you would see a huge drop off in speeding! People ignore things that are increasingly obviously stupid. Any time a large majority of drivers are ignoring the rules it's an engineering problem, not a driver problem.
- TulliusCicero 9y agoI basically agree, the problem is that we tend to say, "we want to make this road safe by making it tolerant of faster driving" which basically translates to encouraging faster driving because drivers base their speed on what feels appropriate.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> People ignore things that are increasingly obviously stupid. Except that if you look at it from a little higher vantage point than driver seat, it seems obvious that it's those people who are stupid.
- pcardoso 9y agoHere in Portugal we have highways with automatic tolls using a small transponder. It is quite common.
- icebraining 9y agoYou don't need the transponder; multiple of our highways already read the plates. Then if you don't check for outstanding payments, they'll send you a letter charging it plus and administrative fee - often higher than the toll itself! It's literally highway robbery :|
- watter 9y agoDo that in a rental car and the fee doubles again. Cost me $25 to cross a minor bridge to save 2min in the middle of the night.
- kalleboo 9y agoSingapore is working on a GPS-based congestion charge http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/satellite-based-erp-to-be-ready-by-2020-with-s-556m-contract-awa-8182754 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/satellite-base...