Friday, December 30, 2005
'BIg Brother' - Not Just For Fiction Anymore
You know that Galilio satellite navigation system Europe is all excited about launching this week?
Powerful applications are expected on the roads; the Galileo network would allow a vehicle's exact movements to be tracked, presenting new possibilities for road-user charging and tolling.UH-huh - then what? And people in this country are worried about the Patriot Act?
The precision and availability of the Galileo signal would facilitate the application of charges according to the distance travelled by a vehicle, along with other parameters.
"For example, you might want to vary the charge according to speed, or whether someone is travelling through a city centre," Hans-Peter Marchlewski, general counsellor for the Galileo Joint Undertaking, told the BBC News website.
