ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

GNSS road pricing

Okay kiddo, do you know what GPS is? It's a way for your parents' car to know where they are on the road. Well, sometimes when lots of cars drive on a road, it can get very crowded and slow. That's why people come up with ideas to charge money for people who drive on that road so that there are fewer cars on it. That's called road pricing.

Now, instead of just guessing how many cars are on the road and asking for money, people are using GPS (or Global Positioning System) technology to make road pricing more fair. That means that your parents' car would have a device in it that knows where it is and how much they're driving on certain roads. Then, they'll get charged an amount based on where they drove and how much they drove.

This is called a GNSS (or Global Navigation Satellite System) road pricing system. It basically means that everyone's car has a special GPS device that helps charge them the right amount of money for the roads they use. So, if your parents drive on a busy road during rush hour, they might have to pay a little bit more than if they drive on a quiet road on the weekend. It's all about making sure everyone pays their fair share for the roads they use.