Lot of trucks have the ruc system already . Very convenient !
poppy62,
Apr 23, 8:25pm
Probably a fairer system and in saying that, the Political plan to Dumb down the more recent and coming generations so that rules will be obeyed, is, as I see it another step to Totalitarianism. In a way I should be happy at my age, that I'm only here for a Short time and not a Good time. Because "The Good times have all gone and it's time for moving on". Could be a good song in that.
alowishes,
Apr 23, 8:42pm
Will it actually happen? I have my doubts.
tygertung,
Apr 23, 9:02pm
Surely a better incentive to reduce fuel consumption would be to increase the tax on fuel, thus encouraging fuel efficient vehicles?
john1623,
Apr 23, 9:03pm
Bite your tongue.
philltauranga,
Apr 23, 9:15pm
They could give it one of those mouthy computer voices: "YOUR SPEEDING IN A 30KMH ROADWORKS ZONE. YOUR FINE IS BEING SENT NOW" Would be a good way to catch criminals: Your alibi states. blablabla but your GPS shows you were there. Dairy robbers will need bicycles.
stevo2,
Apr 23, 9:15pm
First question that too many will have is how do you disable the GPS system?
whynot47,
Apr 23, 9:17pm
Brave New World
loose.unit8,
Apr 23, 9:18pm
Cut off the antenna or put it inside a grounded box (i.e. faraday cage)
philltauranga,
Apr 23, 9:21pm
With todays technology it will be tied into the traffic cameras at every intersection, if your vehicle has no GPS tie in with the camera your busted, you wont get far.
philltauranga,
Apr 23, 9:35pm
It will put an end to police chases. remote shutdown. They will also want electronic license readers like the truck logbooks have. They will also want drive cameras in every vehicle, like truck insurance company's do. Brave new world.
monaro17,
Apr 23, 10:40pm
An absolute can of worms. It would likely develop into a speed monitoring system too. Who knows what would happen but you could 100% bet your house on one fact. it will cost us more and generate more revenue for the ol’ govt coffers to waste on pathetic ideas to get us out of personal transportation
harm_less,
Apr 23, 11:30pm
A GPS based RUC charging system would result in cheaper petrol for non-road use and ensures compliance of RUC far better than at present. No RUC component for your boat, lawnmower, chainsaw, generator fuel.
nice_lady,
Apr 24, 12:46am
Big Brother/Sister IS watching YOU !
And if you speed, or go thru a red light, (even accidently), or do ANYthing wrong - your fine will be taken from your bank account before you even know it's happened.
Bonus: The road cops brigade can be reduced considerably and save money in doing so. NO more camera cars, no more chases, no more WOF and Rego checks because BB/BS will KNOW when you drive your Un WOF'd/ Un Rego'd car and you'll be getting that fine about two seconds after you leave your property !
Pass.
loose.unit8,
Apr 24, 1:03am
Would it though?
There is the cost of the device, installation, creating all the associated software etc and the basic administering of the whole the system. Sometimes simple is best.
Add that to the privacy issues and I think it's a non-starter in this country.
tweake,
Apr 24, 1:08am
we have always had that, hence why we have mostly small vehicles and low speed limits.
A GPS based system is also easily tailored to apply different RUC rates to variously powered vehicles such as EVs and hybrids.
intrade,
Apr 24, 1:39am
They better first fix the 3th world health system. they started by nuking the system with a reboot. Do one thing right instead of doing everything wrong. .
harm_less,
Apr 24, 1:40am
There's a big increase in the technology involved in monitoring distance travelled vs. speed of vehicle. Recording a location once every 1-5 minutes would be sufficient to calculate RUCs but getting a speed reading would require GPS fixes on a per second or better basis. The amount of data that would need to be logged in order to monitor speed would be enormous.
philltauranga,
Apr 24, 4:12am
It wouldn't be sufficient because the current truck GPS based RUC systems in use stops charging RUC once you have gone 20meters off a public RD. With a drive buddy on the E-ROAD you get current speed limits displayed and any over speeds are logged in the system.
philltauranga,
Apr 24, 4:58am
This also could be used to ensure a fair system for funding our roads, instead of Aucklanders being all MEMEME we want all the money spent up here, we could divide the funds regionally based on traffic volume. They could even split it between government and council, depending on if its a State Highway or a local road. That would be a very fair way to fund the roads, areas with low traffic volumes may need road funds supplemented with a regional fuel tax.
harm_less,
Apr 24, 5:55am
Also possible to charge higher rates within areas of congestion on a real time basis as a disincentive for private vehicle use in CBDs during peak traffic times.
philltauranga,
Apr 24, 6:15am
Exactly. the current heavy vehicle GPS-RUC systems already in use could be tailored to suit in all sorts of ways, they could even charge more for not using public transport, lets say your journey starts and finishes at a place and time public transport is available, BANG now you pay more RUC, the same cost of using the bus, and that money is the RUC component used to fund public transport. Welcome to the police state. LOL
bill1451,
Apr 24, 6:46am
one sure way to vote themselves out of govt. Would be great for catching crims tho I suspect, "your car was seen at blah blah address, " "cant have been me officer I lent that car to my mate that night. And any how it seems a high % of crimes are committed in stolen cars, do the burg and then torch the car.
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