Just seen this printed on the SkyNews website:

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TAX TO CUT CAR CONGESTION

New road charges are being considered to cut congestion on Britain's roads.

Transport Secretary Alastair Darling is considering replacing fuel duty with a new road pricing scheme dependent on the journey distance.


The annual road tax could also be abolished to make way for the new system.

Motorists would pay a set rate per mile which would vary according to the area and time of day.

On current estimates, that could be as mush as 1.34 a mile on the most popular routes but as little as 2p a mile on the quietest rural roads.

"You could dance around this for years, but every year the problem is getting worse," said Mr Darling.

"We have got to do everything we can during the course of this Parliament to decide whether or not we go with road pricing."

Notorious traffic jam routes such as the M25 around London, the M1 in the midlands or the M6 in the north west would be early targets for charges.

The scheme would work by fitting a "black box" to cars and lorries which tracks journeys using a satellite system.

Many are already fitted with GPS navigation and this would be extended.

Present plans are for pilot schemes to be implemented in the next five years but it would be 10-15 years before a national scheme could come into operation.

It is thought that introducing such a system could cut congestion on busy roads by a half and bring economic savings of around 100bn.
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Sounds like its right up Cybits street! I hope they can get a piece of the action if the government do go this route.