Oregreenies Go After Their Green Cars

[Capt Worley PE]

Oregon government officials continue to consider a per-mileage tax for plug-in and highly fuel efficient vehicles. The reason? To boost road-improvement funds in one of the country's most progressive states, theRegister-Guard from Eugene, OR, reports.

Earlier this week, state officials held the first public hearing for House Bill 2453, which would institute a per-mile fee for model year 2015 (and later) vehicles that get at least 55 miles per gallon. The fee may be about a cent and a half per mile, which would equal about $230 annually for a plug-in vehicle owner who drives 15,000 miles.

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/03/03/oregon-proposes-1-5-cent-per-mile-mileage-tax-for-evs-would-als/?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D277949

 

[Flyer_PE]

Unintended consequences are a b!tch. Wonder how they're going to enforce that one. How much time will elapse between enactment and either the sales of the cars dropping completely to 0 or hacks to circumvent the system being introduced for sale.

 

[Road Guy]

It's about time these free loaders if our transportation network pay their fair share!

 

[FLBuff PE]

Tolls.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Tolls.

Oh no. Can't do that. Toll roads kill the illusion (even in the most economically illiterate) that the road system is free. They also don't generate anywhere near the amount of bureaucracy required to make a politician happy.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Toll roads have proven a failure in SC. I keep hearing the state is going to take over the one road operating here when the company goes under.

 

[snickerd3]

tolls are how you build and furnish government buildings not actually maintaining roads...

 

[FLBuff PE]

One of the best roads that I have traveled is a toll road in Denver. In my mind, the answer to the decreased revenue from the gas tax due to higher mpg vehicles is to eliminate it and institute a per use fee (i.e. toll roads). People are against them because they have the mindset that using the roads are free.

 

[Flyer_PE]

tolls are how you build and furnish government buildings not actually maintaining roads...

That's the Illinois model for just about everything.