Wouldn't it make more sense to use some other general tax revenue to fund the roads? Whether or not they drive a car, everyone benefits almost equally from the

Wouldn't it make more sense to use some other general tax revenue to fund the roads? Whether or not they drive a car, everyone benefits almost equally from the road system, which is used for transporting food and other vital products, for medical transport, for law enforcement, for practically everything to support our modern lifestyles. Even someone claiming to be living totally off-grid is benefiting from roads just by purchasing materials to build their homes, solar panels, selling their produce at the farmer's market etc. Like gasoline tax, a per-vehicle tax is regressive; the affluent can afford it, but the poor get taxed almost as much for a necessity that they can't get to work without. A case could be made that a Tesla S might pay a higher excise tax than a Leaf (or any cheaper sedan) but the higher taxes levied on electrics are going to disincentivize the working poor and lower middle class from going to EV's.