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GPS Will Track Dutch Drivers for Per-Mile Tax

Those who drive on congested roads at peak hours will pay more

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 14, 2009 3:03 PM CST
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(AP) – The Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage. Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers will soon pay a small sum for every mile on the road—a plan aimed at breaking chronic traffic jams and cutting carbon emissions. GPS devices installed in cars will track the time, hour, and place each car moves and send the data to a billing agency.

The plan takes effect in 2012. Instead of paying a road tax of about $900 per year, the owner of an average passenger car will pay .07 cents per mile, with higher charges levied during rush hour and for traveling on congested roads. Trucks, commercial vehicles, and bigger cars emitting more carbon dioxide will be assessed at a higher rate.

Dutch drivers will be taxed by the mile.
Dutch drivers will be taxed by the mile.   (Shutter Stock)
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riffran
Nov 16, 2009 10:53 AM CST
That idea has been feilded in Texas also, stating the rationale is to make up for reduced revenue, resulting from better fuel effeciency of the vehicles, and less driving....it leaves you thinking...so..buy a better mileage car, stop all the pleasure driving, all to help out with the ecology....and still get the shaft, for doing what was recommended....
Spydiggity
Nov 16, 2009 7:52 AM CST
@dontlikeyou anything flies in this country as long as the media wants it to.
JChron
Nov 16, 2009 5:02 AM CST
1 for you, 19 for me

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