Road Pricing Technology Could Mean an ‘End to Privacy’ for UK Motorists

A file photograph shows a traffic jam as cars head towards the approach tunnel of Heathrow Airport, west London, Britain November 26, 2015. Reuters/Peter Nicholls/files

The Alliance of British Drivers has criticised plans for road pricing—based on “spy in the dashboard” technology—as the “end of privacy” for motorists.

In February road pricing—charging motorists for every mile they drive—was put forward by a committee of MPs as a solution to the £35 billion ($43 billion) tax gap that will be created as UK motorists gradually switch over to electric cars.