As part of a study to test GPS tracking of driver's road usage, you'll receive $895. Tinfoil hat not included. RTP is a participating area for this U of Iowa study.

http://www.roaduserstudy.org/media.aspx

http://jalopnik.com/5084234/participate-in-federally+funded-road-survey-make-895

11/12/2008 11:17:30 AM

OR they could just take yearly odometer readings to calculate the amount of mileage driven, much like electric companies check your electric meter every couple of months. no big brother factor there. i assume that this is for a federal tax. sttate taxes could get complicated since it would be impossible to measure which states the car racking up miles in

[Edited on November 12, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : i don;t really see a problem with the way they do it now, taxing gas]

11/12/2008 3:46:37 PM

^ except that the GPS could let the govt. know not only which state youre driving in, but what street in what town, so it could very well be put to use for paying state by state taxes.

11/12/2008 4:15:16 PM

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"take yearly odometer readings to calculate the amount of mileage driven"

i sure hope they'd do it that way

11/12/2008 9:58:13 PM

so would you then have to give your friends "tax money" as well as "gas money" for buming rides?

11/13/2008 9:39:19 AM

thank god they arent watching us go four wheeling

11/13/2008 9:54:01 AM

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"i don;t really see a problem with the way they do it now, taxing gas"

they're losing $ because of high gas prices. people aren't driving as much

11/13/2008 1:15:21 PM

but gas is gonna be free once the nigger takes office

11/13/2008 5:20:47 PM

11/13/2008 7:15:31 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

11/13/2008 8:20:05 PM

more taxes as the economy goes into the toilet. look for more of this with the socialist pinkos in office.

11/13/2008 9:40:35 PM

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"they're losing $ because of high gas prices. people aren't driving as much"

that's not their motivation for this. just like with gas, this still only taxes you when you drive.

the govt is just starting to see that their income from highway use taxes on gas is falling because folks are moving to more fuel efficient vehicles.

this way, they'll get their cut even if you drive electric. with the gas tax method, someone using an electric car doesn't pay any road use tax, but they're still using the roads.

[Edited on November 13, 2008 at 10:02 PM. Reason : ^it's not an additional tax. they'll eventually do away with road use tax on gas and move to this]

11/13/2008 10:01:39 PM