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Motorists are being warned they may face 'pay as you drive' road taxes as ministers launch the first ever trials of a scheme that could see them charged for every mile they drive. By David Millward, Transport Editor A prototype road-pricing device: the scheme involves a satellite tracking a vehicle's movements. Motorists will then receive a bill for their time on the road Photo: PAUL GROVER The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the Government is pushing ahead with plans for a national road-pricing scheme, including testing "spy in the sky" technology. Eight areas of the country have been selected by ministers for secret pay-per-mile trials which will begin in 2010 and are expected to pave the way for tolls on motorways. Motorists face paying up to £1.30 a mile during peak periods on the busiest roads. Gordon Brown was thought... [read full story]
