Mass may do the GPS-based driver tracking and pay-per-mile

[roo_ster]

I can recall only one state of the many I have lived in that dumped a PP tax in with car registration.

Anyways, all the spleen-venting about auto PP tax is irrelevant.  In most cases it is a personal property tax similar to a real property tax.  Vehicle use is not the point for a PP tax, vehicle ownership is.

Fuel taxes are a pretty darn good proxy for a use tax, better than any I have read about.  The larger & heavier the vehicle, usually the more fuel it uses per mile driven, which equates to more fuel tax paid.  Most fuel bought by most folks is burned locally.  I'm wondering why the heck a technological "fix" or some registration scheme is required when fuel taxes are a much better proxy for road use.

Also, given average miles driven per year, fuel taxes dwarf most registration and PPtax fees.

Besides, were I a company that owned a fleet of heavy vehicles, I would likely register them in the state with the most advantageous registration scheme and drive them wherever I wished.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Besides, were I a company that owned a fleet of heavy vehicles, I would likely register them in the state with the most advantageous registration scheme and drive them wherever I wished.


bingo! hence the plethora of trailers with maine tags

[geronimotwo]

i always thought a gas tax was the fair way to pay for road use. if a vehicle is heavier, it will cause more wear and tear on the roads, but it will also use more gas so that seems fair. if a grandma has her car parked in her driveway 99% of the time she also does less damage to the roads, and pays less since she is not using as much gas. also fair.

gps is just a way to keep track of people.

[Werewolf]

1) a 6000 pound 80's sedan costs $30 a year to register to drive,
2) a 3500 pound new Honda costs $400 a year to register to drive,
3) and a 8000 pound 4-year old pickup costs $200 a year to register to drive.



where does car registration work like that?

Works like that in Oklahoma...

The older the vehicle the less your registration fee.

[PTK]

Works like that here in CO, too.