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Looks like we were right about road pricing being used to fund Galileo!

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Speed camera policy Kills

How the hell do I vote against this madness?

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

I wish I knew.

Whilst I hate conflict, unless things change I wouldn't be surprised to see the public waken up eventually, and apply some civil disobedience against governments for this sort of thing.

We're being charged more and more by these pillocks while they make themselves a bigger pain in the arse than ever. There must be a limit somewhere, and one of these days it will have to stop.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

From what i've read i have doubts it'll ever get off the ground, metaphorically speaking. no-one can really agree what everyone wants but everyone wants to be involved in the building & running of it.

best bit i've noticed is the US/EU agreement to be able to partially disable each others systems for warfare reasons... wonder how long before some rapscallian figures out how to do it on his bedroom PC

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Fear is a weapon of mass distraction

The trouble is there doesn't seem to be any such thing as a loss-leader anymore. The EU having its own GPS system makes sense in terms of defense and preventing us becoming an annex of the US (if that sort of thing worries you, of course....) The US funded it out of defence spending and didn't expect to make a profit from it. Instead they were grateful for the benefits of the system and what it would save the country (from?!) in the future.

The thing is we have too many people inside and outside government trying to make a killing from each and every project, whether it is scampartnerships (SERCO, RedSpeed etc.), super casinos (Prescott) or whatever.

Public funding actually makes sense, but maybe Britain's share would be better coming from stopping burning money on the Olympics....

Vote against? You must be joking. This is an EU Commission decision you can't vote them out. So, this is the benefit of democracy.

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Malcolm W.
The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not represent the views of Safespeed.

That was my point...

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

Since the galileo system is central to road pricing/charging, it was obvious it is going to be launched and operated. The first sat is just to prove the system....and to "hog" the frequency/ies !

As discussed many times before, your idea of democracy and their idea differ greatly. You elect the leaders, who do not lead, while the real leaders are unelected, never seen, and they couldn't give a monkeys about you anyway !
Things that will happen:
Galileo will be launched in its entirety.
Road pricing/charging will also be launched.
Fuel prices will continue to rise at a much faster rate than inflation.
Road tax will never go, just be "expanded" so that some pay more and others less....the total will remain the same.
The insurers will change to a pay-per-mile charger rate, based on gps-based systems.
Driving licences will expire at age 65.
Retirement age will go to 75 by 2020.
The road tax will be charged on electric cars, because of the CO2 from generating stations !

Don't expect it to be running anytime soon.

Here is the EU at its finest.....

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article1795867.ece?openComment=true




hold on....road pricing to the rescue!





Cancel Galleo and you cancel satellite backed road pricing....forever!

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Speed camera policy Kills

2.5 billion euros seems very optimistic to me! I would multiply that by 10 for a more realistic figure.

Wrong.
Sat-backed road pricing is already operating in Germany, and very successfully. No Galileo there !
The one being used is the US system.
The galileo system is also being "backed" by Russia and China.
But cheer-up, the US has already said it would have to take "irreversible" action" against the satellite constellation if they think it is/will be used by a "hostile nation" (ie: shoot them down)