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Just add more tolls instead of surveillance?
by nine_zeros 5y ago
Just add more tolls instead of surveillance?
- tbihl 5y agoThis could actually be the perfect answer, for large roads like interstates. And if you left municipalities and regions solely responsible for building and maintaining everything smaller, it would probably work perfectly.
- loeg 5y agoSurveillance is basically how new toll roads are implemented, at least where I live. It's much faster (and better for the environment) to take photos of license plates and bill later, than it is to make everyone stop at a toll booth.
- nine_zeros 5y agoExactly. There's a very efficient system already in place. Just raise the toll amounts to fill up budget gaps and add new tolls on roads which don't have it. There's no need to add more new types of surveillance.
- loeg 5y agoSure. I think what critics are getting at is that even without a difference in kind, adding toll cameras to every road creates a dragnet surveillance effect where you can track everyone’s movements by observing where they are tolled. It’s a valid concern, I just don’t know what the privacy-preserving alternative is (other than an odometer tax).