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This might be in the works already: with hybrids + full electric vehicles being increasingly used, the revenue from a fuel tax is dropping. There are regions i
by jasonjayr 3y ago
This might be in the works already: with hybrids + full electric vehicles being increasingly used, the revenue from a fuel tax is dropping. There are regions investigating use-based taxes that track when and where vehicles are used, and assess a tax based on that information.
This is, of course, a frightening proposal for anyone who wants to keep even one shred of privacy, but so it goes ....
- KingMachiavelli 3y agoThere's a lot of interesting ways to do usage based vehicle tax that don't impact privacy or do so only minimally. The simplistic is to just bin roads into N categories and every mile it increments your monthly usage category N road type. The categories could be anything like road type, time of day, current congestion level, etc. There's actually little reason to track the specific location or road name.
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago> There's actually little reason to track the specific location or road name. Yet, so many reasons for several government agencies to do exactly that.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoMy exact thoughts, although I would’ve been more blunt… "Do you have anything to hide" is one of the worst sentences in existence.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoIt wouldn't need to share any data with anyone, just have dynamic speed control depending on the road someone is driving. Storing data for all 6 million km of road locally and refreshing them regularly should be doable.