California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:48AM 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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Yeah, but... by Mz6 · 2005-02-15 08:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

...that one was posted by samzenpus, this one posted by Zonk.
Completely diffrent.

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Prove the mileage is on CA roads? by KingFatty · 2005-02-15 08:55 · Score: 0, Redundant

Checking the odometer won't work because you will be paying taxes for all driving, including driving on roads that aren't in CA - driving that CA shouldn't be taxing you for.