Satellite-Assisted European Road Tolls Next? 288
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."
eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Typical bill (Score:2, Funny)
Satelite surcharge : 734 Euros
Getting a ticket because the sattelite tracked how fast you went : priceless
Re:How easy to disable? (Score:3, Funny)
This is already done - speed traps.
Re:Galileo vs. GPS (Score:1, Funny)