At 9:42 AM -0500 2/17/03, George Matyjewicz wrote: ... >There is a wonderful opportunity here for the use of e-Gold. The mayor of >London has a new "congestion tax" starting today whereby any vehicle >entering a designated area of London must pay a 5 pound tax, which needs to >be paid within two hours. Failure to pay gradually increases the fine to >80 pounds (over a 2-day period I believe). ...
That two-hour requirement does indeed sound tailor-made for e-gold, but how about this idea I had* a while back. A system of bids on whether or not a traffic light will stay red or turn green in front of you, with essentially a robot negotiating with the light for you, perhaps programmed to different modes, like "I'm in a hurry and I'm late!" all the way down to "this is a romantic drive, I don't *care* if it takes longer!" (Heck, all the romantic drivers might even bid for redlights!). My proposed system would allow those who really want to get there faster to pay more for the faster trips (yes, most of the time some government would get the loot. What else is new?)... Currently, everyone pays the same (nothing) for this, just as Londoners used to all pay the same for congestion. I predict a lot more traffic in London at 3AM starting now. 802.11b and other short range radio devices will make this idea inevitable eventually, IMO, but they could also just use Better Money right now if they wanted to! JMR * Or read-about, I don't recall which! I think someone else has also had it, but without the "oh, we could do it now with e-gold" aspect, naturally. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
