Lee Mayhew

Leeds

Software Developer

Given that people get stung for the London Congestion charge even when they can prove that they were up North at the time, how will I be able to check all my journeys made in a billing period have been recorded correctly? Will the EXACT route I took for every trip be accessible?

I can also envisage a "mad panic" time when you are going down a motorway and realise that in 2 minutes the charge increases from 50p to £1.50. People will speed up to try to make sure they are off the expensive road and, I would imagine, cause more accidents.

Will cars have a taxi type meter on the dashboard giving you a running total of how much you have been fleeced so far on each journey?

If I were a route planning software company I would be rubbing my hands with glee at this charging proposition as you could write route planning and diverting navigation software to give you a "cheapest" route as you are driving along. A roads and B roads will become more congested the nearer you get to city centres as drivers understandably try to avoid the huge costs incurred in their attempts simply to get to work.