As more drivers turn to zero-emissions vehicles, which don't have to pay anything at the pump, California's gas tax could soon be a thing of the past. But it would be replaced by something else.
I mean, out of state plates shouldn’t matter much. The residents of the state should be paying for the road maintenance, not people from out of state.
So the total cost of the roads should be bared by the residents, and their fees should be high enough to account for the damage done from out of state vehicles
I say this Soley because our of state vehicles don’t need to be in California, and they don’t need Californian roads, so why should they pay for them?
The residents of the state benefit from them being there because they are delivering goods to be sold in California to Californians, or to travel and spend tourist dollars in California providing jobs to locals, etc.
Residents should pay for the roads because the roads benefit the residents by allowing out of state traffic. It shouldn’t solely be a straight charge to every vehicle that uses the roads.
I lived in California for 11 years and had out of state plates for the entire time, legally. Not even weird. There’s so many ways and reasons that you can live in a state, or work in a state full time and legally be able to register your vehicle in another state.
Registration fees are simply not the way. There HAS to be some kind of equitable use tax or fee.
A gas tax seems pretty dang effective to me. It doesn’t capture electric vehicles correctly, but honestly right now we WANT to encourage the use of electric vehicles so I don’t think it’s quite time to flip the table and try to implement a new system.
We’re still in a transition period and we need to do everything possible to discourage gas powered vehicles, and taxing the shit out of consumer unleaded and diesel is an awesome way to do it. Honestly, anyone suggesting otherwise raises my hackles. There’s not that many electric vehicles on the road in the USA, even in urban California.
I’m suspicious of any new laws that would reduce the costs of fossil fueled vehicles while offloading more costs to electric ones.
I mean, out of state plates shouldn’t matter much. The residents of the state should be paying for the road maintenance, not people from out of state.
So the total cost of the roads should be bared by the residents, and their fees should be high enough to account for the damage done from out of state vehicles
I say this Soley because our of state vehicles don’t need to be in California, and they don’t need Californian roads, so why should they pay for them?
The residents of the state benefit from them being there because they are delivering goods to be sold in California to Californians, or to travel and spend tourist dollars in California providing jobs to locals, etc.
Residents should pay for the roads because the roads benefit the residents by allowing out of state traffic. It shouldn’t solely be a straight charge to every vehicle that uses the roads.
I lived in California for 11 years and had out of state plates for the entire time, legally. Not even weird. There’s so many ways and reasons that you can live in a state, or work in a state full time and legally be able to register your vehicle in another state.
Registration fees are simply not the way. There HAS to be some kind of equitable use tax or fee.
A gas tax seems pretty dang effective to me. It doesn’t capture electric vehicles correctly, but honestly right now we WANT to encourage the use of electric vehicles so I don’t think it’s quite time to flip the table and try to implement a new system.
We’re still in a transition period and we need to do everything possible to discourage gas powered vehicles, and taxing the shit out of consumer unleaded and diesel is an awesome way to do it. Honestly, anyone suggesting otherwise raises my hackles. There’s not that many electric vehicles on the road in the USA, even in urban California.
I’m suspicious of any new laws that would reduce the costs of fossil fueled vehicles while offloading more costs to electric ones.