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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:52:37 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 18:31:57 on Fri, 20 Jan 2012, John Levine remarked: I'm not sure why any agency would go the smart card route for tolls. Instead of cash, for non-regular users. There's a toll bridge/tunnel at the Thames Estuary, for example, and while they have a transponder scheme my usage of the crossing when I lived nearby was only perhaps once a year. A contactless credit card seems a better bet than adding interoperability to any particular transport smart card though. We already have interoperable toll transponders with E-ZPass. Off-hand I can only think of three toll routes in the UK, plus the London Congestion Zone (which I think doesn't have a transponder). Lots of cameras at the boundary points providing images for ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) processing. The system does not require advance payment but works by determining if a vehicle is exempt from charging or if the charge has been paid; failing that test generates a (normal price) charge which the driver/keeper has until midnight to pay after which there is a further 24hrs to pay an increased (12 UKP instead of 10 UKP) charge. After that it becomes a 60 UKP Penalty Charge which increases to 120 UKP after T+14. At T+28 a Charge Certificate is issued which increases the charge to 187 UKP. At T+49 a Warrant of Execution can be applied for and "the boys" (bailffs) get sent round to execute recovery of payment or goods not just for the amount due but for their own fees on top. I realise toll routes are much more common in the USA. |
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