[Deek]

Roads are not taxed, but should be, or rather should have user fees associated so government recovers what it costs to build and maintain them. We would not want the government handing out stuff for free, no?

Gas is taxed, but it is a poor way to pay for roads. The cost of a lane-mile of road varies dramatically, and fuel economy varies dramatically between vehicles. Alternative fuels like electric and CNG make this worse.

Just take an odometer reading once a year, factor in vehicle weight, and pay that amount.

[Gaffer]

You will never get me to agree to a toll road, EVER.

We spent a lot of blood and tears getting rid of the tolls here on GA 400 that paid for itself several times over. We had to threaten to hang the governor to do it.

[punchamullah]

I too believe that that would be the simplest and, perhaps, the fairest system.

Am I too optimistic in presuming that it would be possible to design and build a tamper-proof odometer?