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California Considers Tracking Your Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the know-where-you-go dept.

dan_sdot writes "California's budget problem has led the state to consider desperate measures: taxing you based on how much you drive. The only problem is the way they propose to do it. California is now proposing to put GPS devices on all new cars to track how far people drive and tax them accordingly."

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  1. Re:Dont they already do this? by cephyn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you read the article? oh wait, I'm not new here, so no, you didn't.

    Since a prius will drive much further on a tank than a person in an H2, if both individuals drive 100 miles, the person in the H2 pays significantly more in taxes. They're proposing to change the system so that its based on how far you drive, not how much gas you use.

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