“Because driving a Civic for 1000 miles has the same effect on the roads as driving an F350 with your boat on a trailer for 1000 miles”
Don’t think that’s true. The heavier vehicles and more wheels put more wear on the roads. These vehicles also use more fuel, so actually the gas tax ain’t so unfair. It might be fairer than the mileage tax.
I’ll bet if we went to a mileage tax there would be different rates based on the weight of the vehicle. A tax on gas does the same thing but more simply.
Precisely what I was getting at.
The gas tax does the job by taxing people driving heavy, road-beating gas guzzlers more and lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles less.
This proposal is all about surveillance, not about fairness.