Raising the federal gas tax, as the article and many comments suggest, accomplishes the same objective without intruding on our lives.
The black box will eventually be mandated, however. All our comings and goings will be monitored in real time by GPS. It is a foregone conclusion.
Edward Snowden has proven that if any government possesses surveillance technology, then they will use it on their own people.
Will they allow a 9mm sized hole in said black box?