On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:31:36AM -, John Levine wrote:
An article in Wikipedia says that congestion tolls in London (UK) are
also collected automatically by taking pictures of license plates.
The German TollCollect system (used on the national highway system)
reads license plates of
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:31:36AM -, John Levine wrote:
An article in Wikipedia says that congestion tolls in London (UK) are
also collected automatically by taking pictures of license plates.
Yes, the London congestion charge. There were some horror stories about
trouble with the ANPR*
And, while there is a privacy issue, optical license plate readers
are getting good enough that the issue may soon be moot.
Seems moot now. The 407 toll road around Toronto has no toll booths
at all. If you drive on it frequently, you can get a transponder but
otherwise, they take a picture
Some Americans, analysts note, are already using a version of e-
cash to bypass toll lanes on highways.
Don't take that as a sign of consumer acceptance, though. In
Illinois, if you won't pre-pay your tolls in $40 increments, you will
pay double the rate in cash at the toolbooth.
Here in the
