Heh. Not for from the truth.
One use for the GPS data would be dynamic VMT pricing on certain roads. Based on the time of the day they might charge more to travel on the freeway, with the goal of rebalancing commute times. I know I leave for my job at 6:30 which is a pretty dead time here in suburban Chicagoland. Our roads could handle more cars fleeing rush hour pricing.
I thought I didn't need to explain to people about how inflexible gas prices are beyond supply and demand... but apparently some people do need it explained. Supply and demand are basically the only things that matter on commodity pricing, oil/gas is a commodity.
It's well established that the only way the oil companies are greedy is via lobbying stuff to get government welfare. Their pricing is otherwise right in line with what it costs to get it out of the ground with only a small profit.
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Because we dont use as much any more per vehicle? More efficient engines combined with smarter use = less consumption. Its politicians and people being stupid short sighted idiots. Same exact thing happens with tobacco and the revenue it generates.
You really think the government would of set aside accounts to funnel the tax/usage fees into and let it sit there and only use it when needed to improve or fix what the fee/tax was on? lol that shit gets spent on anything and everything as soon as its collected. Corrupt shitbag politicians spend everydime they can get their foul hands on and combined with a brain fucking dead electorate that is much more interested in investing hundreds of millions into fucking stupid ass football stadiums instead of infrastructure, you end up with the current state.
...I thought those were there so truckers could find all the hotspots on where to find hookers/dead hooker deposit stations.
NC is talking about doing the same thing, only by charging you an additional per mile fee when you have your car inspected based upon how much you drove the previous year. People are already pointing out how you end up getting charged for miles driven out of state. This is supposed to be an offset for the declining revenues from our gas tax, which is already the highest in the Southeast (and will not be going away once the mileage tax is added in).
36% of the states are considering or are going to implement VMT pilot programs.
Same reason you can't just uninstall a dui breathalyzer without it triggering a code.
