You May Soon Have to Pay More to Drive That SUV in New York
You May Soon Have to Pay More to Drive That SUV in New York
A state bill proposes that owners pay much more for their heavier (and deadlier) vehicles.
We probably need to change from a gas tax to a function of weight and milage.
Mileage is tough since it requires implementing a tracking system on everyone's cars. I think the way to go is to keep and even increase the gas tax, and as revenues decline due to the shift away from gas cars steadily increase these weight taxes however much is required to compensate.
Instead of tracking, could rely on the annual vehicle inspection reported mileage to determine the road usage tax.
It's still subject to corruption (pay off inspector to report a much lower mileage than actual), but much better than installing tracking junk.