I don't live in Oregon but if I did I still wouldn't be too concerned.
Anybody who follows any of the state legislatures knows what kind of idiocy
gets bantered around.  I think drivers in Oregon will be able to sleep
soundly tonight.

Debra Clark
Santee, California
clark10006@cox.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "H R" <harald_nancy_vw@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:17 AM
Subject: Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?

> Alert for Oregonians:
> Soon you may be charged for each mile driven, if the new
> vmt, or vehicle miles travelled fee, will be introduced.
> The proposal is to either
> 1)  install a GPS (global positioning system) device in each vehicle
> to track each mile driven on Oregon roads, and then send you a monthly
bill.
> or
> 2) install an odometer sensor in each car which calculates the mileage
> and transfers data by radio, then charges you extra for each mile at the
gas station.
> According to Oregon state government, the problem is that there are too
> many fuel efficient cars, and they don't use enough gas to pay their
> share for road repairs through gas tax.
> Jim Whitty, administrator of Oregon's Road User Fee Task Force,
> said in an interview,
> "If everybody had high mileage cars, our road system would fall apart
> from lack of revenue".
> Sounds like a Friday joke, but it's not.
> Here's the link:
>
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200301\POL200
30102a.html
> Harald
> '90 westy
>
>
>
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