HAULIERS COULD BE SURFING THE 'NET FOR TRAFFIC JAM DATA
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e Road hauliers will be among the first to test a new traffic congestion warning system being developed by the Government for distribution on the Internet next year.
Government scientists at the Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency are working on ways to transmit live video pictures of traffic levels on the nation's roads to businesses throughout the country. If they can beat the technical problems they believe motoring organisations such as the AA may sell the service to business users.
"We have to find the services road hauliers find the most valuable," says CCTA's head of innovations and technology Nick Hopkins. "We don't want to take the market away from existing information providers." Consultations with hauliers could start early next year.