It's obvious how they will do it, you will need to install a tracking device in your car.
Point is they want to scrap all gas cars in favour of electric so they will be scrapping gas taxes and will need to recoup that revenue elsewhere.I don't agree with it but thats part of their thinking, the other part is to track and surveil folks more.
Fewer dollars collected on gas tax is certainly a concern in the next 10-15 years. It's going to be a long, long time before a majority of cars are fuel-cell powered, though. But you're right, at some point the government is going to look down and realize the gas tax ain't pulling in what it used to.
Nah. Probably those people in the new admin would try the CCP way. -- They will achieve what the article says by setting up & utilizing lots of smart surveillance cameras (probably made by Hikvision) on roads, streets, & highways. Lots, lots of them.
In Beijing, those Hikvision cameras are advanced enough to precisely detect which automobile used (customized) loud horns in heavy traffic. They're currently at the point where they're even testing the following method: the city's ministry of transport takes out fines directly from said automobile driver's bank account, not something like sending out a text message to the driver regarding traffic fines.
Cell phone. That's how GPS services like Google or waze get traffic conditions and trip times. They have records of every drive you take. There was even talk about catching drunk drivers by tracking the route someone takes, as drunk drivers are more likely to take side roads and drive a certain way.
In New Zealand diesel vehicles are taxed based off how far you drive, by using the odometer. Semi trailers have a "Hubodometer", which is a little odometer that attaches to the hub of one of the axles.
We already have ways to track how much you drive. Hell, if you wanna tax people on mileage just add another tax to gas prices. You don't have to track every movement.
Every year I have to register my vehicle and when I do I have to provide the mileage. So, last year let's say I'm at 89000 miles, this year I'm at 100000. So, they know I drove 11000 last year.
That only works when registering same vehicle though. And we know no one can find any registered information when you call asking , so how they'd keep track is beyond me.
I don't want to pay another tax to the federal government. If my state implemented some sort of tiered tax plan based on mileage that worked in conjunction with my already annual registration and inspections, that'd be different.
That's my biggest issue with democrats is the assumption that all problems need national solutions when the states can handle things like this.
If I had to guess, this would be a simple readout of the odometer and not some intricate satellite-based tracking system.
Odometers. Several states already require you to share your odometer reading upon vehicle reregistration.
Every year they take my odometer reading during my annual inspection and my $20.
How about just having insurance/vehicle registration report odometer reading, too complicated I guess
Mileage taxes are about growing the size of government. A simple gas tax hike doesn't create more bureaucracy.
It's obvious how they will do it, you will need to install a tracking device in your car. Point is they want to scrap all gas cars in favour of electric so they will be scrapping gas taxes and will need to recoup that revenue elsewhere.I don't agree with it but thats part of their thinking, the other part is to track and surveil folks more.
Fewer dollars collected on gas tax is certainly a concern in the next 10-15 years. It's going to be a long, long time before a majority of cars are fuel-cell powered, though. But you're right, at some point the government is going to look down and realize the gas tax ain't pulling in what it used to.
Nah. Probably those people in the new admin would try the CCP way. -- They will achieve what the article says by setting up & utilizing lots of smart surveillance cameras (probably made by Hikvision) on roads, streets, & highways. Lots, lots of them.
In Beijing, those Hikvision cameras are advanced enough to precisely detect which automobile used (customized) loud horns in heavy traffic. They're currently at the point where they're even testing the following method: the city's ministry of transport takes out fines directly from said automobile driver's bank account, not something like sending out a text message to the driver regarding traffic fines.
Nice, huh?
Cell phone. That's how GPS services like Google or waze get traffic conditions and trip times. They have records of every drive you take. There was even talk about catching drunk drivers by tracking the route someone takes, as drunk drivers are more likely to take side roads and drive a certain way.
In New Zealand diesel vehicles are taxed based off how far you drive, by using the odometer. Semi trailers have a "Hubodometer", which is a little odometer that attaches to the hub of one of the axles.
We already have ways to track how much you drive. Hell, if you wanna tax people on mileage just add another tax to gas prices. You don't have to track every movement.
Every year I have to register my vehicle and when I do I have to provide the mileage. So, last year let's say I'm at 89000 miles, this year I'm at 100000. So, they know I drove 11000 last year.
That only works when registering same vehicle though. And we know no one can find any registered information when you call asking , so how they'd keep track is beyond me.
If they wanted to not track you everywhere they could:
But somehow they won't do that, in order to track where you go.
I don't want to pay another tax to the federal government. If my state implemented some sort of tiered tax plan based on mileage that worked in conjunction with my already annual registration and inspections, that'd be different.
That's my biggest issue with democrats is the assumption that all problems need national solutions when the states can handle things like this.
If I had to guess, this would be a simple readout of the odometer and not some intricate satellite-based tracking system.