Seems at odds with a statistic I heard on the news the other night. They
reported that average MPG had declined for the last several years,
attributed to the increased popularity of the SUV and light truck. Assuming
no decline in tax rates, gas tax revenues should have increased. Wonder
where the money went.

John Flaherty
Portland, Maine
'84 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "H R" <harald_nancy_vw@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:17 PM
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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