Electronic toll gates? Hell no.
What's more likely is that owners will be required to outfit their vehicles with "black boxes" that track mileage, among other things. Such technology is already installed on tens of millions of cars.
All that must be done is to require auto owners to install a "black box" in their car as a condition of registration...or pay a hefty fine.
Combine them with the power to remotely disable vehicles from central locations, promoted as a means of reducing auto theft and other crimes, and, well, you have part of the foundation for a police state.
Controlling people’s ability to travel is a BIG part of any totalitarian regime.
Why do you think they despise SUV’s so much and like public transit so much?
And Algore’s assertion that the internal combustion engine should be banned is a big peek into their mindset.
“”””All that must be done is to require auto owners to install a “black box” in their car as a condition of registration...or pay a hefty fine.
Combine them with the power to remotely disable vehicles from central locations, promoted as a means of reducing auto theft and other crimes, and, well, you have part of the foundation for a police state.””””
My old capitalist brain is really slow I see. Thanks for warning us old codgers how Obama will spin his plan to put a tracking device on all cars.