Re: Exhibition Street Bridge and City Link

["Sunshine Cat" <Ellen316@yahoo.com>]

i have in fact travelled on this system, and while it is good it cernally
don't do nothing about bumper 2 bumper traffic
Johann Fan wrote in message <7v11g1$i3i$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
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>> Most impressive indeed.  And most likely the way that the tolling system
>> works in Toronto (Canada this is, not near Fassifern, NSW :-)
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>> There, the number plates are the sole mechanism.  After processing the
>> plate, if the owner of the car has an account then that account is
>> debited, otherwise a notice is sent to the owner.  I don't believe that
>> not having an account results in a draconian fine as in Melbourne, but
>> simple a higher level of toll, basically to cover costs of processing
>> the transaction.  A much nicer way of doing things, to my mind.
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>Their system is scan on entry, scan on exit and they pay per km travelled.
>There's an extra $1 added per trip if you don't have a transponder thingy
>(whatever their E-Tags are called). It should be possible to do that here
>with the current toll scheme, just a matter of adding toll gantries (sp??)
>in at all exits/entrances. It would take the time problem out of it as I
>don't think you can get from entrance to exit in less than 1 second =)
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>cheers
>Johann
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