"roger_millin" <[email protected]> wrote: >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
Not guilty, m'lud. Look at the subject line for this thread. However, I agree that driverless vehicles will require some form of computerised routing. But that wouldn't have to be satnav. It could be an electronic map stored on board. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
