Patent ID: 7600683

Claim:
A method for identifying and tracking vehicles and collecting vehicle related tolls and fees and for monitoring vehicular regulatory compliance, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a regional or international treaty, including at least the United States, Canada and Mexico; (b) implanting a plurality of active or passive signaling devices on every vehicle, to include cars, boats and aircrafts, that operate or enter into the territory governed by the United States, Canada or Mexico; (c) issuing a mandatory unique vehicle identification code for each vehicle by a central registration agency, said code associated with at least the vehicle's vehicle identification number (VIN) and with a registered owner / or owners of said vehicle; (d) associating said vehicle identification code with said signaling devices; (e) inputting information concerning said vehicle to said central agency, said information including vehicle title, insurance, driver's license information, vehicle safety inspection, exhaust emissions control, and a chronology of accident reports; (f) establishing an account at said central agency, said account not requiring a subscription; (g) providing a vehicle identification code scanner or readers in satellite scanners equipped with global positioning systems in sky and on-ground scanners positioned on transportation pathways; (h) reading said vehicle identification code with said vehicle code readers at periodic intervals when the vehicle is stationary and each time the vehicle passes the scanner on the transportation pathway; (i) communicating said vehicle identification code with a date, a time and a vehicle geographical location to said central agency; (j) using said vehicle identification code to charge relevant fees against said account incurred by said vehicle for transportation pathways' use during a period of time; and (k) issuing a periodic report of said account to the registered owner of the vehicle containing identifications of time, place, fee charges and account balances.