California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car
Eugen Leitl
eugen at leitl.org
Wed Feb 16 00:11:27 PST 2005
Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/201217
Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-02-15 20:48:00
from the now-this-is-a-good-use-of-engineering dept.
[1]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 [2]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.'"
References
1. http://www.hackthissite.org/
2. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/eveningnews/main674120.shtml
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