So Oregon would like to try something in place of the gas tax, eh?
| Lee Younglove is motoring about town in a way that could be the future of driving in America: A state-installed GPS unit in his Subaru Outback is counting every mile he’s logging, and a special transmitter in the car will tell the pump at one of two Portland gas stations how many miles he has traveled.
Soon, as part of a state experiment, he’ll be paying 1.2 cents for every mile but won’t be charged the state’s 24-cents-a-gallon gas tax. |
Look, I don’t even like the GPS feature on my cellphone. I know, I know. It makes lots of sense for 911 purposes.
Even so, I’m leery of anything of mine having GPS that others can (eventually) abuse to my detriment.
NO to Big Brother! This is just another way they will be able to keep “track” of people if they so choose! And I don’t trust them!