[canals-list] Re: Working narrowboats to pay the £50 "broad" beam surcharge?! (XP)

[rb999sb]

--- In canals-list@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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> Surely they only need to visit each location every 14 days? In any 
case 
> the point is to warn people that this could happen then police it 
most 
> aggressively in known trouble spots. Bit like, ummm, mobile speed 
> cameras (not sure this analogy will popularise my idea ;-) )
> 
> Another thought which occurs is that BW already have lots of patrol 
> officers wandering up and down the cut noting who is where on their 
hand 
> held computers (indeed I saw one today) it would not take rocket 
science 
> programming to download the data at the end of the day, compare 
boat 
> locations to previous information and build action lists (or even 
send 
> automated bills out by post!) That way there is almost no 
additional cost.
> 
> Steve
> NB Bream
>
You are assuming they have post boxes.
Sue