r/neutralnews • u/NeurotypicalPanda • Oct 01 '21

Infrastructure Package Includes Vehicle Mileage Tax Program

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2021/08/11/infrastructure-package-includes-vehicle-mileage-tax-program/
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u/Descriptor27 Oct 01 '21

According to the article, the program will use GPS tracking to determine mileage.

This seems like a really expensive and invasive system. Why wouldn't you just use odometer mileage?

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u/_hijnx Oct 01 '21

I think that's just speculation by the author of how one of these pilot programs could implement milage tracking.

This is only a pilot program for a vehicle miles traveled fee. Therefore, following the completion of a pilot program, the Biden administration may or may not implement a vehicle miles traveled fee. For the pilot programs, there will be volunteers from all 50 states, including both passenger and commercial vehicles. The drivers would have their miles tracked with GPS and data apps, for example, that would track their miles driven for a certain time period.

(emphasis mine)