More on Oregon and GPS-tracked Gas Taxes

An anonymous reader writes "Wired has an update on Oregon's proposed replacement for their gas tax. Currently two candidates are in development, the first a GPS based system that tracks where a car goes to determine the number of miles driven. The other is a odometer-like device. Both would transmit the data to base stations periodically to determine the tax on a vehicle. There was a previous slashdot article."

If this happened in my state...

[Demon-Xanth]

I'd gladly mount the thing inside of a cast-iron safe with an extra layer of Mu-metal to make sure it's safe from any "damage" or "tampering".

Oh, that's just the beginning...

[dcavanaugh]

• Speeding: $50 surcharge
  
• Driving in high-traffic area: $1/mi. surcharge
  
• Driving during "peak" hours: $1/mi. surcharge
  
• Parking: $2/hr. surcharge (varies by location)
  

The look on driver's face when whacked with insurance surcharges for all of the above: Priceless

Re:I got an idea ...

[splattertrousers]

No one is garunteed [sic] job security, so why does uncle sam [sic] try so damned hard to never fire anyone? Ohhh [sic] yeah I forgot ... [sic] uncle sam [sic] is the only stupid employer to still over [sic] pention [sic] plans.

Lay um [sic] off, change hiring practices, or whatever just quit trying to raise my damned taxes.

I think your post proves that we need to raise taxes so we can afford better education...

GPS Sheild

[dfn5]

Just make an aluminum-foil hat for your car. Seems easy enough to me. :-)

Re:Rube Goldberg

[Anonymous Coward]

An even more interesting question is, what the hell does farging mean?

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Re:This is Crap

[oohp]

Just wrap your GPS in aluminium foil.

Re:I got an idea ...

[Tackhead]

> It's overfunding that's the problem. Giving money to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to an adolescent.

Not quite. The adolescent tends to stop when he wraps his first two or three cars around trees.

I propose

[Anonymous Coward]

.. that we attach GPS devices to politicians and their aids. Now, whenever they're both off the capitol grounds and together for more than say 5 minutes, an alarm goes off at the nearest TV news reporters desk.

Of course, privacy wouldn't be an issue. Why? Because I just said so!

Re:Doesn't make sense to me

[fishbowl]

In Oregon, it is not at all uncommon for a town to consist of a store whose owner is the postmaster, the sherrif, and the gas station attendant.

Re:Doesn't make sense to me

[miu]

That's a bit easier in Oregon than you might think. Oregon gas stations are all full service. You do not pump your own gas there. Anywhere in the whole State.

There's an old joke that when a baby is born in Oregon the doctor whispers "no sales tax, no self serve gas" in the newborn's ear before handing the child to the mother.

Re:Doesn't make sense to me

[Cruciform]

So if you try to pump your own gas, he tickets you, and then if you can't pay right away goes postal?