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California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car

Posted by Zonk on from the now-this-is-a-good-use-of-engineering dept.

HTS Member writes "California has a new excuse for more taxes. Claiming losses due to fuel-efficient cars, such as Gasoline/Electric Hybrids, California is cooking-up a new system to punish people who aren't using enough gasoline. They want to tax commuters by the mile. How would this be accomplished? By requiring everyone to install a GPS device in their vehicle, and charge them their "taxes" every time they fuel-up. From the article: 'Drivers will get charged for how many miles they use the roads, and it's as simple as that.. [a] team at Oregon State University equipped a test car with a global positioning device to keep track of its mileage. Eventually, every car would need one.'"

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  1. Right! by glrotate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Drivers of overweight, inefficient SUVs deserve whatever they get.

    Overweight and inefficient for what? My Suburban is just the right size for running over fags in their Le Cars.

  2. Inaccurate title by sfjoe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From the article:
    Seeing tax dollars dwindling, neighboring Oregon has already started road testing the idea.

    Of course, Oregon isn't as much fun for the right-wing to demonize.
    I'm not too surprised that CA needs new sources of revenue though. Since we only get back about $0.72 for each dollar we pay to the Republican-controlled Federal government, we've got to find some source of revenue that the red states can't steal from us to fund their creationism schools.

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  3. Re:A lot less invasive by paranode · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Was that a jab at his appearance in that stretch Hummer? In case you weren't aware, that itself was a hybrid car. Sorry, nice try though.

    Interesting logic about your estimates regarding Hummer owners. I thought you liberals made it clear that Republicans are poor podunk hicks who sleep with their sisters and live in trailers? How do they afford Hummers? Oh right, Republicans are also rich oil-hungry capitalist pig dogs too. It's so easy to attack a group when you can put ANYONE in the group if it fits your nice little compact beliefs...