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Thread ID: 118080 2011-05-18 16:54:00 Reasons To NOT Live In California SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1203150 2011-05-19 02:24:00 We have that here already for heavy vehicles. We call it road user charges (RUC). I could imagine the uproar here if they introduced it for all vehicles including cars.

Road-user charges are charged on all road-legal diesel-powered vehicles.
pcuser42 (130)
1203151 2011-05-19 08:51:00 All vehicles will submit to odometer readings twice a year, and for an inspection fee of only $65.00 the mileage will then be transmitted to Sacramento to be computed and a bill be set to the registered owners of that vehicle according to the miles-traveled.
$65 just to read a speedo. Do they have to teach them first.
What happens if you end up doing 90% of your travel outside California.
mikebartnz (21)
1203152 2011-05-19 09:00:00 RUC can be claimed back though if the vehicle is also used off road which is why, as a truckie, I had to read the hubometer when going in the farm gate and when going out. Snorkbox (15764)
1203153 2011-05-19 09:07:00 $65 just to read a speedo. Do they have to teach them first.
What happens if you end up doing 90% of your travel outside California.

The charge will be to make up for the costs of setting up the speedo reading centers / paying staff / etc, etc, etc...
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1203154 2011-05-19 11:18:00 The charge will be to make up for the costs of setting up the speedo reading centers / paying staff / etc, etc, etc...

Really? are there any other country/states doing it this way????
It just seems extreme to me
EDIT: it work out at 30 bucks per tank of gas???They should be getting very pissed
Gobe1 (6290)
1203155 2011-05-19 15:14:00 California vehicle registration = California RUT. Fortunately, as a dual-state resident I can skirt this with my Arizona vehicle registrations.

The cents-per-mile hasn't really been set yet, but it will be substantial.

Ever heard the word: 'freeway'? That's the term applied to California super highways. Well - there are some freeways that are chargung tolls here.

They were built with fuel tax fees and they were built by Cal-Trans employees (tax paid) and they are manned by private employees paid by the Cal-Trans taxes, and yet they require dashboard installed electronic transducer passes to drive on them.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1203156 2011-05-19 21:11:00 California vehicle registration = California RUT. Fortunately, as a dual-state resident I can skirt this with my Arizona vehicle registrations.

The cents-per-mile hasn't really been set yet, but it will be substantial.

Ever heard the word: 'freeway'? That's the term applied to California super highways. Well - there are some freeways that are chargung tolls here.

They were built with fuel tax fees and they were built by Cal-Trans employees (tax paid) and they are manned by private employees paid by the Cal-Trans taxes, and yet they require dashboard installed electronic transducer passes to drive on them.

Sounds to me the Ozzys are light years ahead.
Gobe1 (6290)
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prefect (6291)
1203158 2011-05-19 21:22:00 RUC can be claimed back though if the vehicle is also used off road which is why, as a truckie, I had to read the hubometer when going in the farm gate and when going out.

I claim it going into Riverhead and Woodhill forest to work on logging equipment.
Takes about 3 months to get the cheque though.
prefect (6291)
1203159 2011-05-19 21:33:00 Reasons not to live in workers paradise North Korea
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mikebartnz (21)
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