I was wondering the same thing. Won't this require some type of 'big brother' monitoring system? Good grief, what a bunch of morons.
What about drivers who don't live in the state, who just drive through?
OH, and while we are asking questions, what about the OTR trucks? Maybe Oregon isn't planning on getting any shipments via truck in the future.
Coming to your state soon.
if buying gas is so bad for the enviroment why not encourage those to get hybrid or hydrogen vehecles with a tax break, this is just the governments way of making sure they get their cut once we move away from fossil fuels and a GAS tax...
"What about drivers who don't live in the state, who just drive through?"
hahahaha!
Welcome to Oregon. Now put this on your car. Happy traveling!.....
Perhaps,at first,they'd only do it on Interstates and other major roads.If so,they could easily do it in the same way that they collect tolls in the Northeast...with a transponder that you attach to your windshield that communicates with a receiver on the highway.
Most of them that I've seen require you to go 15 MPH as you pass the receiver,but one I saw (in NJ,DE or MD..can't recall which) allows you to do 55 MPH as you're passing.
I guess they will pay a gas tax, as they do now. I wouldn't be surprised to see the tax go up in order to stick it to the out-of-staters. I'm moving to Oregon within the next couple of years, and this just makes me cringe. I almost feel sorry for the people who are spending thousands of dollars extra to get a hybrid, thinking that they will eventually recoup the extra cost. They never will with this plan.
>>>Won't this require some type of 'big brother' monitoring system?
The microchip in EZ Pass would work.
There have been various schemes kicked around to make EP Pass required across the board.
This tax scheme would do it.
Satelite and GPS devices mounted in the car.
Washington state has toyed with the idea, too, with extra levies for those who drive at peak hours and thus contribute to traffic (that translates into those with fairly normal jobs).
they said it would be a type of GPS - but - (uh huh) they would be 'dumbed down' so's it would only keep track of miles traveled, not places. And would we have any reason to doubt government officials?
At the border of the state, a radio-tracking collar will be affixed to your neck.
And your ear will be tagged.
So that they can track your migratory routes and mating patterns.