Oregon to charge drivers by the mile
Oregon will soon be the first state in the nation to charge drivers by the
mile for maintaining the state’s roads in a test to begin next year. Fascism is in your face.
ODOT is moving ahead with the road use fee to replace the gasoline tax. As cars get more fuel efficient, gas tax revenue is going down, and the state is looking for better ways to pay for keeping the roads in good shape. Hundreds of millions of dollars for asphalt isn't enough; citizens must be tracked by the government every single moment of the day and night. Bicycles with GPS next.
Drivers pay 30-cents per gallon in gas taxes every time they stop to fill up. That adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. But ODOT said that’s not enough to maintain the roads.
Two pilot programs were undertaken, each with electronic devices attached to cars to calculate how many miles a driver travels. A driver will then get a bill at the end of the month, and then a refund of the gas tax. Even that isn't really true. They will do both; gas taxes and GPS fee tracking. We will be paying to be spied upon under the ruse of road repair.
The fee — 1.5 cents a mile — will roll out July 1, 2015 through 5,000 volunteer participants. ODOT and the volunteers will see how it works, and then the Oregon legislature will decide when it will be expanded to the rest of the state’s drivers.
Michelle Godfrey with ODOT said it’s not necessarily a disincentive for people who buy fuel-efficient cars.
Source and full story: KOIN6, 27 October 2014
ODOT is moving ahead with the road use fee to replace the gasoline tax. As cars get more fuel efficient, gas tax revenue is going down, and the state is looking for better ways to pay for keeping the roads in good shape. Hundreds of millions of dollars for asphalt isn't enough; citizens must be tracked by the government every single moment of the day and night. Bicycles with GPS next.
Drivers pay 30-cents per gallon in gas taxes every time they stop to fill up. That adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. But ODOT said that’s not enough to maintain the roads.
Two pilot programs were undertaken, each with electronic devices attached to cars to calculate how many miles a driver travels. A driver will then get a bill at the end of the month, and then a refund of the gas tax. Even that isn't really true. They will do both; gas taxes and GPS fee tracking. We will be paying to be spied upon under the ruse of road repair.
The fee — 1.5 cents a mile — will roll out July 1, 2015 through 5,000 volunteer participants. ODOT and the volunteers will see how it works, and then the Oregon legislature will decide when it will be expanded to the rest of the state’s drivers.
Michelle Godfrey with ODOT said it’s not necessarily a disincentive for people who buy fuel-efficient cars.
Source and full story: KOIN6, 27 October 2014
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