More tracking of motorists in Britain

Yes, this subject just never seems to go away...it seems almost inevitable that motorists in Britain will be tracked within a decade if the government goes ahead with controversial plans to manage traffic flow and introduce road fees for drivers:

The plans were unveiled in November in a report on future transportation policies designed to help cut traffic congestion. The plans prompted 1.8 million people to sign an electronic protest petition.

Monitoring would be via a combination of static cameras to capture license-plate details, electronic tags in vehicles that would be read by roadside monitoring stations and global positioning system satellites to read on-board transponders.

"You will need 10 years at a minimum for a national rollout," Phil Blyth, professor of Intelligent Transport Systems at Newcastle University, told reporters. "I do not see many other options available to us to manage our transport system."

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