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Oregon Considers GPS-based Road Taxes
Oregon is considering instituting a road tax - a tax based on the mileage driven within the state. The tax would be implemented with mandatory GPS boxes in each vehicle recording the mileage driven in Oregon. We've done a couple of previous stories on Great Britain's initiatives in this area.
So now if they want to kill all the Jews, they just interrogate the real-time GPS data to find out where they all are.
nomadic makes EXACTLY the point I wish people would understand all over. GOOD laws were made to be followed for a reason; they prevent problems. Sometimes it might seem a little inconvenient to follow a law, but it's not going to kill you or ruin your life. Yes, I DO hate it when I see some jackass run into a video store just as it's closing and make an ass of himself by holding up the people who work there, just so he can avoid a late fee... Or people who rush into ANY store just as it's closing and make a big stink about why they NEED to be serviced. People who do that are selfish and more accurately defined as self-centered assholes. I attempt as much as possible to follw the rules. For example, I live in a Cleveland Ohio. When I leave work everyday, I occasionaly run into the situation where the crosswalk sign says "DON'T WALK", but there is no traffic coming through. While it may be convenient for me to just run across the street and shave a little time off of my walk (a few seconds at most), I prefer to stand and wait until the light says "WALK". It's a logical approach and it respects the rules. If everyone did this (instead of trying to give themselves some kind of personal benefit) the world would be a much better place. So... in short; yes, you should get a ticket for going through an intersection on yellow. Or... holding up other people because you have to be served even if the store is closing... or you can't wait for the "DON'T WALK" to change to "WALK"... or.. any other of a multitude of asshole behavior that some people seem to excel at.
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