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This State is banning the sales of other than new electric and hybrid cars by 2025. At least that is the goal. By 2030, they want all trucks, buses, ferries and gas powered used cars gone....again, the goal they are shooting for.

Yeah, I wouldn’t want any of mine driving one of those puddle-jumpers. But there are safe and economical cars: I have a Volvo 240 wagon we bought for a young family.

I’m working on it and hoping to get close to 30mpg. It may need a new engine (300K) but they’re cheap. I’ll never have to walk on a car lot again, and I’m okay with that.

Remembering when I needed a pickup truck & Ma thought I should get a Ranger. Borrowed my buddy’s and took her for a spin. She said I should buy a big F250, instead. I did. That little Ranger wasn’t any bigger inside than our old VW beetle. At least the bug had a gasoline heater, run you out in 5 minutes!

The gas tax will continue.

larger gas guzzlers would pay more, reflecting the greater damage they're apt to cause in a collision and in wear and tear of the road.

I think the loss of life in smaller vehicles is the greater damage. I have been T-boned twice in large pick ups and I am quite sure I couldn't have survived either in a small car. My granddaughter bought a tiny car she thought was just too cute. It scared the hell out of me. I bought her new tires and had a rear camera installed to help but I was so glad when she traded up to a full size.

In a way he’s right—but he should have to pay more insurance too. His additional time on the road meant a higher probability that he would be in an accident and a higher than average wear on the road, arguably.

I’ve always thought there should be an additional charge on the price of gasoline that would fund liability insurance for every driver. This would be assessed at the pump. Drivers who wished to carry collision insurance could procure it through the regular channels, and high risk drivers could be assessed additional charges in court, paid on say, a monthly basis.

Before anyone objects consider the advantages: It would encourage economy: larger gas guzzlers would pay more, reflecting the greater damage they’re apt to cause in a collision and in wear and tear of the road. It would equably account the higher use and risk by those who use the roads more frequently. Finally,, and most importantly, it would get rid of the havoc caused by uninsured drivers.

It shouldn’t be that hard to roll back the mileage on the odometer. “Wow, I better see the mechanic, that’s terrible mileage.” GPS? There’s bound to be a way— new government impositions spur automotive innovation. Now it’s a morally obligatory to evade our overlord’s directives.

Pennsylvania beats everyone in gas tax.

Amish are a peaceful people but a horse and buggy tax could call out the Men in Black...things could get exciting.

2 cents per mile! Heck we pay a heck more with the gas tax.

We said goodbye to another couple at church today, moving out of Oregon to Idaho.

There are a lot of people living in Kansas that have their vehicles tagged in Washington state. If Kansas doesn’t jump on this rediculous tax and copy it, maybe these people will start tagging in Kansas where they live.

At 15 MPG for my truck, I pay 7.5¢ per mile in fuel tax, plus a $260 “weight fee” every year that adds another 2.6¢ per mile.

I considered buying an electric car for my wife a couple years ago. Her employer has free charging, including a prime parking spot by the front door. With all the subsidies and benefits, it would have been cheap to own.