[Spridgets] Big Brother is on the way...
John Leier
john.leier at leier.org
Sun Feb 22 02:24:20 MST 2009
Don't mistake me for a supporter of tracking hardware in private cars, but
the fuel tax probably is a dead-end idea. How do you collect fuel taxes
when you just plug your car into a charger at home and don't use refueling
stations?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
To: <kk7ss at verizon.net>
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Big Brother is on the way...
> Won't work. How they gonna keep track of it in a way that ingenious home
> mechanics can't beat? Even if they tried to do it with computer chips
> they'd be hacked within an hour or two! Fuel tax is the only thing that
> makes sense and the vehicle owner can't cheat on.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
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