The Smart Tachograph - Individual Accounting of Traffic Costs and Its Implications

Today, several costs caused by road traffic may either be only roughly approximated, or cannot be clearly assigned to the drivers causing them, or both. They are typically distributed evenly among a large fraction of drivers, which is both unfair and economically inefficient. We have built a prototypical platform, called the "Smart Tachograph", that allows us to measure traffic-related costs on an individual basis, thus supporting a more fine-granular charging of the responsible parties. Sensors observe the manner and circumstances in which a vehicle is driven, while several accounting authorities can evaluate this information and charge motorists on a pay-per-use basis. The Smart Tachograph offers valuable insights for the deployment of future ubiquitous computing services in general: its implementation has obvious requirements in terms of security and privacy; its deployment model is realistic through the strong economic incentives it offers; and its usage directly affects ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: PERVASIVE
• Authors: Vlad Coroama
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Future Ubiquitous Computing, PERVASIVE 2006, Smart Tachograph, Strong Economic Incentives