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Originally Posted by john70t
A milage tax would require a government approved tamper-proof GPS locator in every vehicle, whatever the year....
To be 'certified tamper proof', certain inspections might be applied.
Otherwise, anyone with half a brain would soon attempt to cheat this system of 'fair and equal' taxation.
"Just unplug the thing". Duh.
That of course would require further inspections, and enforcement.
A milage tax would also not discriminate between actual public road-damage and air pollution caused by:
1). A 1,753lbs / 50mpg Geo Metro.
2). A 7,300lbs / 13mpg GM Escalade.
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Actually, they could base the mileage tax on the curb weight of the vehicle...
Since any system like this can be used to track my driving habits, I feel its an invasion of privacy, I'd rather not sign up.