• piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    You think the government gonna hire thousands of people to read millions of odemeters a year when they can just contract third parties to install a dongle to track it remotely, and we’re just trusting they wont suck down all kinds of other information…

    And we dont have to speculate, its already been implemented in pilot programs in some states. And was planned in Biden’s instrastructure bill.

    https://atr.org/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-paves-way-miles-traveled-tax/

    Outlines tools used to track driver’s miles driven

    The bill lays out the various “vehicle-miles-traveled-collection tools” that would be used by the federal government to track drivers. These tools include third-party onboard diagnostic devices (GPS tracking devices), smart phone apps, data from automakers and data obtained by car insurance companies.