Slashdot | California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car

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Slashdot | California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car:

"California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 15, @03:48PM
from the now-this-is-a-good-use-of-engineering dept.
HTS Member writes 'California has a new excuse for more taxes. Claiming losses due to fuel-efficient cars, such as Gasoline/Electric Hybrids, California is cooking-up a new system to punish people who aren't using enough gasoline. They want to tax commuters by the mile. How would this be accomplished? By requiring everyone to install a GPS device in their vehicle, and charge them their 'taxes' every time they fuel-up. From the article: 'Drivers will get charged for how many miles they use the roads, and it's as simple as that.. [a] team at Oregon State University equipped a test car with a global positioning device to keep track of its mileage. Eventually, every car would need one.''"