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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[i would support a similar system if it meant lowering other auto taxes.  it would probably get more people to use the Metro.  of course it probably wouldn't ever happen in the U.S., the liberals would be up in arms about invasion of privacy (No offense meant to anyone)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[md]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually I think the liberals would be happy because it would prevent people from driving as much and polluting and it would also prevent them from taking congested routes which mean stop and go traffic which means a severe reduction in gas milage.  But then again, you're right, we may freak out about privacy, lord knows we've done it in the past.  The problem is a system like this is a win/lose situation for all parties.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Devin Lussier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm not one of those privacy invasion freaks but this is so damn outrageous.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vvv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Outrageous?<br>personally we typically put under seven thousand miles a year on each car.  why should we pay the same taxes for use of the same roads when there are others who travel tens of thousands of miles year.  it isn't really that big of a deal to me, but it is an interesting idea.  people who have more money pay more taxes, why shouldn't people who use the roads more pay more?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[md]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Corruption waiting to happen. How many people would compare their actual travel against the billed travel? Maybe one in a thousand. The billing agency would be very tempted to pad the bills, and eventually they would. Any padded bills that were detected would be attributed to "technical errors". What a scam. Sounds like some crazy pork project. Toll booths would generate the same revenue without the opportunity for corruption.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh you better believe that the gov. wants to bring this in. But why?<br><br>Think about where car propulsion will be in 5 to 10 years; very little dependence on purely petrol and hydrid and electric vehicles everywhere. Therefore the powers that be see tax revenues disappearing and want to recoup them and they are   attempting to sell this by the dual reasons of lowering congestion and making it seem the right(moral) thing to do.......]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[magister]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[one of these is already in function for trucks on German Autobahns - works with GPS]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kev (joey)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Proposed satellite tracking to charge for road use in UK]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2005/06/06/proposed-satellite-tracking-to-charge-for-road-use-in-uk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jack up gas taxes and abolish car taxes.  Say $4/gallon on top of the cost.  For the family that drives fewer miles, they save.  If you want to conserve resources, that'll work.  If you want to make car taxes more equitable, that'll happen too.  Maybe $4 is too high or too low; I'm sure someone can figure out the math.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[clearlynuts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 18th 2005 10:44PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>