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To replace gas taxes, Oregon and Utah ask EVs to pay for road use
- dangus 7y agoIncreasing registration fees seems like a flawed method to collect road taxes, though it could be the best available option. But it does seem to punish light drivers and reward heavy drivers. That’s what was so elegant about the gas tax, it was able to essentially consider all the factors that go into road usage: vehicle weight (generally, your MPG and gallons consumed), where you’re driving (where you buy your gas), and your usage (again, gallons purchased). Instead of a flat registration fee, I was going to suggest having a yearly vehicle inspection where miles are recorded to calculate road wear. I could immediately see some at least one flaw with that proposal - how do you know which state I drove those miles in?