Accuracy and efficiency of road user charging

A computer program product for improving road user charging, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage device and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage device, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to retrieve one or more zone records and at least a first zone sequence from a computing device associated with a vehicle, wherein the one or more zone records include one or more distances traveled by the vehicle;
• program instructions to calculate a second zone sequence from the retrieved zone records;
• program instructions to compare the first zone sequence to the second zone sequence;
• and
• program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the comparison of the first zone sequence to the second zone sequence, whether the first zone sequence meets a pre-defined threshold of similarity to the second zone sequence.

A computer system for improving road user charging, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage device;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage device for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to retrieve one or more zone records and at least a first zone sequence from a computing device associated with a vehicle, wherein the one or more zone records include one or more distances traveled by the vehicle;
• program instructions to calculate a second zone sequence from the retrieved zone records;
• program instructions to compare the first zone sequence to the second zone sequence;
• and
• program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the comparison of the first zone sequence to the second zone sequence, whether the first zone sequence meets a pre-defined threshold of similarity to the second zone sequence.