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**AliceFromHouston** · 12-20-2006, 01:44 AM

I can see a disincentive to be legal - if 20m motorists refuse to comply, what do they think they're going to do?

That's a good point Hobbit... but taking my point ref the redundancy of the transponder (£200) when existing technology can do the job just as well... you'd think that the government would go for the no-cost solution which would also track all of those who don't pay road tax / insurance etc...

Put an e-purse facility on the SIM and they could even pay-as-you-go...!

There would, naturally, have to be some sort of logic in the system to weed out bus passengers, cyclists (but not motorcyclists of course!!), pedestrians, car passengers and so on and to identify commercial drivers, taxis, emergency vehicles etc... but that can't be beyond the wit of man...(!?).

You could even work out how to exempt teachers / nurses etc on their journey to work... Not impossible... just tricky...

12-20-2006, 01:44 AM	#10
AliceFromHouston Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 506 Senior Member	I can see a disincentive to be legal - if 20m motorists refuse to comply, what do they think they're going to do? That's a good point Hobbit... but taking my point ref the redundancy of the transponder (£200) when existing technology can do the job just as well... you'd think that the government would go for the no-cost solution which would also track all of those who don't pay road tax / insurance etc... Put an e-purse facility on the SIM and they could even pay-as-you-go...! There would, naturally, have to be some sort of logic in the system to weed out bus passengers, cyclists (but not motorcyclists of course!!), pedestrians, car passengers and so on and to identify commercial drivers, taxis, emergency vehicles etc... but that can't be beyond the wit of man...(!?). You could even work out how to exempt teachers / nurses etc on their journey to work... Not impossible... just tricky...
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