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Then read the odometer. You don’t need to subject everyone to constant surveillance to pay for roads.
by dabbledash 5y ago
Then read the odometer. You don’t need to subject everyone to constant surveillance to pay for roads.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoSpeaking only of the US, you have no right to privacy in public [1]. Existing law enables both government and private surveillance systems with little recourse. Capturing mileage by geographic area would be an acceptable solution, but mileage delta over time would be insufficient to collect and disburse road taxes based on what is needed/used/traveled the most. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy
- Overton-Window 5y agoWhat do you gain from carrying water for tyrants? > but mileage delta over time would be insufficient to collect and disburse road taxes based on what is needed/used/traveled the most. This is already reality.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoA commons that flourishes instead of wilting from tragedy. https://www.theregreview.org/2019/08/21/kadich-fixing-shortfall-highway-infrastructure-funding/ https://www.theregreview.org/2019/08/21/kadich-fixing-shortf... https://infrastructurereportcard.org/ https://infrastructurereportcard.org/
- Overton-Window 5y agoA theorised benefit at the guaranteed cost of perpetual surveillance. No thanks.
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- dabbledash 5y agoLaws allowing this might be constitutional. They would still be Orwellian nightmares. (We probably need a constitutional amendment addressing the issue - but regardless the fact is a proposed law can be both authoritarian and constitutional). If they’re serious about this, I will become a single issue voter.