Drivers face postcode lottery under pay-as-you-drive scheme
The Government is considering using the electoral roll to set charges for drivers, which could be as much as £1.30 a mile.
Motorists could either be monitored using "spy in the sky" technology, which would involve boxes being fitted to cars and tracked by satellites, or using a system where a charge card is fitted to the windscreen.
The card would be scanned by roadside gantries on toll roads. In both cases the motorist would be sent a monthly bill.
Trials of the "pay as you drive" system are due to get under way in 2010 and the details, including using the electoral roll, are set out in a consultation document sent out to those firms tendering for the contracts.
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The Government is considering using the electoral roll to set charges for drivers, which could be as much as £1.30 a mile.
Motorists could either be monitored using "spy in the sky" technology, which would involve boxes being fitted to cars and tracked by satellites, or using a system where a charge card is fitted to the windscreen.
The card would be scanned by roadside gantries on toll roads. In both cases the motorist would be sent a monthly bill.
Trials of the "pay as you drive" system are due to get under way in 2010 and the details, including using the electoral roll, are set out in a consultation document sent out to those firms tendering for the contracts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/09/03/mnlottery103.xml