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So road-pricing fans are watching trials by Transport for London (TfL) of a new detection system, called tag-and-beacon, with interest. Under such a scheme (used in Singapore and on someEuropean roads) cars are fitted with electronic tags that are read by roadside masts. If the trial is successful, TfL says that the city could switch to the system once the contract to run the congestion charge is re-let in 2009.
Currently, cameras are used to read license plates and track motorists. They are not always reliable: an individual camera identifies only around 70% of cars. Most driven get photographed more than once, which boosts the system’s effectiveness to over 95%, but that still leaves several thousand vehicles per day whose details must be laboriously checked by hanD、Tag-and-beacon technology is much more accurate, with an identification rate of over 99%.
TfL says the trial is partly designed to see whether the new system could allow drivers to pay charges by direct debit. That would be popular with motorists, who complain that the current payment system is unfriendly: the toll for a day’ s travel must be paid manually -- online, by phone or in a shop -- by midnight, with steep fines levied on forgetful drivers.
More precise detection also allows for more precision in policy, and road-pricing enthusiasts see radical possibilities aheaD、TfL says it is considering using the new technology to charge drivers each time they cross the zone boundary (up to a daily maximum), instead of paying once for an entire day’s travel. That would be cheaper for drivers who make few trips into the zone, although drivers who spend a long time trundling around without leaving (thereby causing the most congestion) would get off lightly, too.
Further refinements may be possible. The current system has cut traffic most drastically in the middle of the day, when congestion is at its lowest.Demand for road space would better match supply if charges were variable -- high at the busiest times of day and low in quiet periods.
Such a time-sensitive, variable-charging scheme using a tag-and-beacon system was endorsed last year byBob Kiley, the TfL’s boss, who also said that he wanted to extend the congestion charge to other parts of London. That would be controversial, and Mr. Kiley’s underlings were quick to insist that his musings were not official policy.But the original scheme was controversial too, yet Ken Livingstone, London’s mayor and its biggest backer, was re-elected after introducing it. It would be a shame if timidity took hold now.
B．Mr. Kiley’s underlings confirmed his suggestion.
C．London’s mayor disagrees Mr. Kiley’s ideA、
D．Ken Livingstone would feel shameful if he changed the scheme.
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推理判断题。最后一段第一句使用被动语态指出新系统是由TfL老板即Bob Kiley批准的，选项 [A]为同义转述，故正确；第二句指出Bob Kiley的部下强调他的想法不是官方政策，所以[B]错误；第三句转折句中指出伦敦市长因支持这一系统而连任，从而推断出选项[C]错误；选项[D]是对最后一句的错误推断。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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