On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:52:05 +0100, tim..... wrote:
It would help, of course, if all of the tolling systems used the same method
so that once registered, for example, for auto payment of the congestion
charge you automatically get registered for the Dartford crossing (and the
Severn crossing, the Humber bridge, Mersey tunnels, etc, etc), but it will
be ages before the various agencies can agree upon that.

Personally, I think that "Europe" should get involved in developing a common
system so that once I am registered in the UK I can freely drive on, for
example, an Austrian Autobahn without having to worry about where to buy a
little sticker (or even: having to find out if I need to buy a little
sticker in the first place!).

Something like the European Electronic Toll Service? There is a little
about it at http://www.highways.gov.uk/our-road-...olling-service