We got far fewer requests for wireless network surveys back in the golden days of the War.
Believe me, if I could do the journey (or eliminate it altogether) then
1-2 hours per day sat in a tin box plus the £4 a gallon tax to do it would be gone from my diary. High speed links between big centres are sodding useless - contrary to popular opinion most industry isn't in bloody town centres and is generally anything up to an hour away from the nearest mainline station. The only way to make that trip is in a taxi, which I understand are normally cars using public roads.The haulage industry is already being screwed by European truckers using cheap labour and even cheaper fuel from abroad. A road-toll based system would level the playing field up to a point.
Does anyone actually have a clear idea what problem is being tackled here? Is it pollution? Congestion? Road safety? Or a fiscal defecit? If someone could honestly tell us the question then it might become rather easier to answer it.