For Whom the Road Tolls

Synopsis: Examines the issues surrounding the introduction of tolls for motorists and looks at the competition to develop the system that can provide the technology to monitor the counting and deduction of fees from millions of cars. Also looks at the time in the near future when motorists will be controlled on the motorway in their driving speed, the distance between cars and even on the routes they must take. Attempts to show that making the driver pay is only the first stage towards the end of travelling freely on the open road. Technological systems are being developed that would actually take over control of the car itself while it is travelling on the motorway.
Series: Equinox, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: out of distribution; £20.00
Notes: Broadcast on C4 on 28 Aug 1994.
Subjects: Technology
Keywords: cars; driving skills; electronic signals; electronic tolls; public transport; road transport; tolls

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