Proposed Mileage tax to punish Fuel Efficiency

[deathtrain]

they cant install a GPS unit. I think that the lawyers will stop that under invasion of privacy.

[Odin]

Originally Posted by deathtrain

they cant install a GPS unit. I think that the lawyers will stop that under invasion of privacy.

yup, not only that a lot of people will simply rip them off. Like me.

[jamesqf]

Articles about this Oregon plan seem to come up every year, and for some strange reason, always right around the beginning of April. I wonder why that could be :-)

[Thymeclock]

Originally Posted by Odin

yup, not only that a lot of people will simply rip them off. Like me.

Think again. Can you rip out your catalytic converter and pass a mandatory state inspection? An invalid inspection leads to a revoked registration.

Gotcha.

[moorecomp]

No inspections where I live.

[lwiniarski]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Articles about this Oregon plan seem to come up every year, and for some strange reason, always right around the beginning of April. I wonder why that could be :-)

Funny, but this is actually seriously being considered. It's not a practical
joke.

Follow this link.

(The forum software won't allow me to put a link in directly because I don't have
5 posts, but use the below

w w w. o r e g o n. g o v/ODOT/HWY/RUFPP/ruftf.shtml

[lwiniarski]

Originally Posted by moorecomp

No inspections where I live.

The bill puts a maximum fine of $720 if you are caught...

[JeepNmpg2]

I am more inclined to believe that the states are using this new slogan of "better fuel economy is killing our economy" to just line their coffers or supliment other "social" funds. I'm not saying that if I use something I shouldn't be responsible for contributing to it's existance and upkeep, but like someone else said earlier "use gas taxes to build roads, not courthouses". If you need something new or upgraded in a certain area, that municipality should be the ones directly taxed for it. Oregon is a strange case anyway as they have no sales tax to pull in income from the local populace as "consumerism" runs it's course. This proposal might actually pass there, but in states that already have a sales tax it would probably face a bit of stiffer opposition due to the nature of the tax situation. The less big-brother actually NEEDS to be in my business, the better I will be.

Enough of my soapboxing. The horse is dead.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Odin

if US fuel tax is specifically to pay for damage to the road why can't we just have a fuel tax based only on weight? seems so simple

It even more simple to tax it through the fuel.

Heavier vehicles will generally consume more fuel, hence they'll also pay more.

[bandit86]

You guys need to elect some politicians that make some freaking sense.