If it does become law, they'll definitely write in a provision regarding the disabling of such devices. They're not that stupid - a family of 4 and one vehicle only traveling 5 miles a week sends up red flags.

Here's why it won't pass:
1 - Any company that involves road travel - UPS, service industries, you name it - will go into bankruptcy or have to raise their rates to astronomical prices. Or the government will have to cut them a deal, which makes no sense anyway since the larger trucks do more harm than any sedan on road conditions.
2 - Any company in a major city without rail transportation will likely turn to home-based telecommuting to ease cost. They'll no longer need those mega-offices...downtowns will fail. As will all the support that goes with it - architecture/design/engineering firms fall, cleaning services, office supply and temp agencies, etc. You will kill any revitalization efforts underway. If you turn to the opposite direction - have people move closer to the cities - then you're stuck with wastelands of tract homes.
3 - State and national parks will collapse. High gas prices are already taking a toll....imagine what doubling that cost would do to summer travel.

I'm sure if I could think of a billion more. Like I said, it's not going to happen. There are too many contingencies.

Stacy

Now Maryland wants to jump on the bandwagon by implementing a $750.00 surcharge for all SUV's with a gross weight of over 6,000 lbs. They are claiming that the larger SUV's pose a greater safety hazard on roads. I guess by collecting an additional $750.00 per vehicle that will help eliminate the additional safety hazard. What a bunch of money grubbing jerkoffs!

http://www.aiada.org/article.asp?id=33400
SUV Penalty Bill Unfair to Maryland Families, Farmers, Boaters, Equestrians, and Others




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AIADA summary

WASHINGTON -- A Maryland bill that would impose an unfair and extortive tax on owners of large SUVs would only succeed in punishing families, farmers, boaters, equestrians, and others who rely on the utility and safety offered by the popular vehicle.

Under a bill introduced by Maryland Delegate William A. Bronrott, owners of larger vehicles would have to pay a surcharge of $750 each year on top of the registration fee already required by the State of Maryland.




WASHINGTON -- A Maryland bill that would impose an unfair and extortive tax on owners of large SUVs would only succeed in punishing families, farmers, boaters, equestrians, and others who rely on the utility and safety offered by the popular vehicle.

Under a bill introduced by Maryland Delegate William A. Bronrott, owners of larger vehicles would have to pay a surcharge of $750 each year on top of the registration fee already required by the State of Maryland. A hearing on the bill was held today by the Maryland House Environmental Matters Committee. If passed, it would go into effect in October.


"Larger vehicles have lower fatality rates, and SUVs, especially the larger ones, have the best overall safety records," said Ron DeFore, president of SUV Owners of America. "That’s why many families choose to drive SUVs. So why does Maryland want to punish them? This tax would place an unfair burden on many families, and others who may not be able to afford the additional tax and be forced into smaller vehicles that they don’t want to drive. We urge Maryland legislators from outside the Washington, DC suburbs representing farming, boating, and other ’real-world’ pursuits to vote nay on this irresponsible bill."




SUV Owners of America is a fully independent, non-profit organization with more than 23,000 supporters, representing the interests of 25 million SUV owners nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.suvoa.com/.

Once they put a "tracking system" in your car, they'll use more excuses to keep track of what you're doing and where you're going. It's bad enough they're equipping cars with black boxes now. Sounds like the communists have moved into America, and they're chipping away at your privacy and your Constitution.

George Bush has not signed the highway bill yet.
He was supposed to sign it last year. States and Counties use this money to bid on jobs around the state. Most of these jobs are bid during the winter months. If they don't know how much money they've got they can't get their bids out to the contractors. States supplement this money with money from gas tax; and taxes on big rigs. (which already pay mileage tax) Oregon already has some of the highest Road taxes and fees in the country. Oregonians won't raise taxes for their special interests, and instead of doing more with less, the state has been raising their fees. At any point you come in contact with the State of Oregon, you're fees have gone up.
At some point, like California, you start to get a bad reputation, and no one wants to live there. That's one reason so many people live in Vancouver, Wa and commute across the river to Portland, Or.
I moved here for a job 13 years ago. It was nice then, but now we're thinking of moving, and we'll pay taxes to another state that appreciates it.

What a sore subject! You're fired Drty!!

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Everytime you turn around these cocksuckers have their hand in your pocket. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Who said you had to be married to get F**ked out of your money!!!!!!!!!!

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HEY!!! I'd run for office and fix it but my closet(no homo jokes needed- ya bastiches) is chocked full of skeletons and womanizing.

drty that never stopped ted kennedy i just cant see this law coming to fruition any time soon, the gov needs to deal with more imprrtant things such as social security and the tx code (federal level) and the states have even more bull **** to deal with...its scary to think about the power the government can have over you.