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How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study S is for Satellite The UK government is fascinated as it eyes plans for a PAYD system to replace standard road tax discs. Tony Lovick, pricing actuary at NU, said a trial, using GPS-based IVUs (in-vehicle units) provided by Trafficmaster, began in... [27 Nov 2007]
Motorists hit back on road pricing
News As Cochrane pointed out, concerns have already been raised about the availability of devices capable of jamming the satellite signals that could be used to make such road pricing schemes possible. And silicon.com readers - many clearly very unhappy... [18 Jun 2007]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News The UK government has made significant investment into Galileo and hopes to use it to develop a satellite tracking road charging scheme, which has divided public opinion. EU citizens are backing the European Galileo satellite programme according to... [06 Jun 2007]
Road-pricing satellites need more cash
News An ambitious European satellite network will need more public money if it is to get off the ground on time. The European Commission said the roadmap for Galileo needs a rethink if the 2012 deadline for making the satellite system fully operational... [18 May 2007]
Leader: Let's not rush into road charging
Leader The technology will soon be in place to allow the government to introduce - probably via satellite - different charges depending on when people use their cars. Before rushing headlong into the implementation of road-pricing technology, politicians... [01 Dec 2006]
Pay-per-mile road charging 'will raise £28bn'
News Earlier this year the government set up a £10m fund to encourage IT companies to develop the black box satellite-tracking technology that would be needed for a national road-charging scheme in a series of local pilot projects that could eventually... [01 Dec 2006]
More cash for road-pricing satellites
News The government is spending another €31m on the European Space Agency's development of the Galileo satellite navigation system. In addition, Surrey Satellite Technology has already led a consortium that built and launched the Giove-A demonstrator... [25 Aug 2006]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News While no government that wants to get re-elected is likely to make road pricing compulsory in the short term, another way satellite technology could become pervasive is through the use of vehicle speed-limiting technology. [27 Jul 2006]
Leader: Why politicians can't ignore IT
Leader There are actually lots of really important decisions - such as the introduction of ID cards, or satellite-based road pricing, or NHS modernisation - that are only achievable through the use of cutting-edge tech. [31 May 2006]
Satellite-tracking road-use charging gets green light
News New Transport Secretary of State Douglas Alexander this week reaffirmed the government's plan to introduce a road charging scheme that uses technologies such as satellite tracking to enforce automatically a pay-as-you-drive fee for every mile a... [11 May 2006]
More money for high-tech road pricing
News In a speech last month Darling said that new road pricing systems could be based on technology such as satellite positioning. Some drivers already use a satellite positioning device as the platform for pay-as-you-go insurance. [29 Nov 2005]
Data protection watchdog targets businesses
News NCC chief executive Ed Mayo said: "'New plans for road pricing using satellite tracking are just the latest example of the rapid advance of the information economy. The UK's data protection watchdog has established a new unit to target possible... [16 Jun 2005]
Data laws need upgrade against 'surveillance society'
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) is warning that in the face of increasing levels of surveillance - such as ID cards and satellite based road pricing - existing data protection laws are failing to cope. [15 Jun 2005]
London trials £2.2m Congestion Charge smart card scheme
News TfL looked at the possibility of using satellite navigation technology for London road pricing but said its own trials found that affordable satellite systems will not be feasible for "at least a decade". [16 Nov 2004]
Satellite tracking scheme to charge motorists £1.30 a mile
News Motorists face charges of up to £1.30 a mile as part of the government's new congestion-busting plans to use satellite tracking technology to monitor vehicles. It would involve all cars being fitted with an on-board unit (OBU) that can be tracked... [21 Jul 2004]
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