roger_millin explained : > Adrain said: > >> No. There are systems (e.g. the ADEPT project one) which work by >> having on-board equipment that keeps track of the average speed of the >> car. If that drops below a set speed for more than a set length of >> time (or if the car stops more than a set number of times in a set >> period or distance), a unit of congestion charge is levied against the >> car. Such a system requires no SatNav (or, indeed, any other method >> of determining the car's location) at all. And it's relatively >> inexpensive. > > Silly me, and there was I thinking that I was talking about driverless taxis > that are required to make turns at junctions. What a fool I am. Mea culpa. > Roger > so would I have to pay for my car when its parked on my drive if it doesn't know where the car is. O and what about when I slow down behind horses, will I have to pay for that as well?
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