Paul

Cheshire

Software Engineer

A colleague of my girlfriend is currently suffering ongoing harassment from the Congestion Charge authorities, since someone in London is driving around with a faked numberplate that matches hers.
She has faced repeated payment demands and threats, despite the fact that she lives and works about 200 miles away from London, and always has witnesses to say that she was nowhere near London on the days in question.
The authorities seem utterly unable to grasp the simple fact that a numberplate can be faked, and clearly did not consider this possibility when they were setting up the system in the first place.
So, when they move to RFID tagging, one simple question needs to be asked: Can an RFID tag be duplicated?
If so, a fundamental problem with the entire charging system will remain unsolved.