Under existing law road pricing is incompatible with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. A number of new and important problems need to be solved and ADAC believes that there would be no satisfactory solution in particular with a view to data protection and owner liability. Owing to the harmonisation within the European Union, the breakdown of the Eastern bloc and the related opening as well as generally increasing mobility, the Federal Republic of Germany has already become a country with the largest transit volume worldwide. Compared to 1988, experts anticipate a 1/3 increases in passenger transport and 3/4 in goods transport for the year 2000. Since only a small part of the traffic volume can be managed by rail, water and air transport, road usage is expected to increase considerably. Telematics applications for toll collection purposes, i.e. road pricing, is identified as one means to enhance traffic distribution.
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