This is a device that has evolved gradually became mandatory in France: license plate. Born in 1892 in the Parc de la Tete d’Or in Lyon (after the driver who hit a pedestrian could not be identified), it spread to the departments, then to the entire territory. After the harmonization of European license plates in 1993 French signs are adjustable in format, size, font and even color. A standardization process that allows all national license plates (for speed cameras, parking lots, etc.) to be read, as well as European license plates. Imagine what you will soon be told our license plates can also be used as a means of payment…
Pay with your license plate: LyfPay has made it happen
Pay for the road or parking space, get to the shopping center or the hospital faster, pay for gas, car wash or McDrive… The possibilities are endless. Imagine it payment app LyfPay (competitor of Paypal and Lydia if you know) already offers this option! All you need to do is enter your name, bank details and number plate into the app to be eligible to be debited, for example, directly when leaving the parking lot. A bank statement is then sent directly and can be viewed in the app. But on the other hand, Is this already available in France and where can we use this service?
Already in service in Alsace!
Now, this LyfPay feature can only be used at Parcus car parks, Alsatian operator which manages 20 car parks in the Strasbourg area, Strasbourg, Auburn and Schiltigheim. The partnership, which was established earlier this year, will be extended to other car parks in the city, and then to other metropolitan areas that LyfPay is in talks with. We can also imagine that in the coming years this system applies to Vinci Autoroutes, APRR or SANEFto be able to pay the road directly without a badge! An experiment is currently being conducted on a 90-kilometer section of the A79 motorway, “free flow” distance. where cameras scan the car’s number plates and send a bill directly to the owner. So, do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea?
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Source: Auto Plus
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