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Pay-per-mile car insurance might come to California

The idea of paying for your insurance by the mile is not new. MileMeter, in Texas, offers pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) rates and California has been using mileage brackets to set insurance rates for years. A new, more precise PAYD system is under discussion in California that would give people who drive less a financial incentive to do keep doing so – and maybe convince people on the fence to find an alternative when possible. State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner recently issued regulations on what PAYD mileage verification plans ... Read more →

Mileage tax gains support of House Transportation Committee chair Sebastian Blanco

Earlier this year, new Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (R) briefly flirted with the idea of a mileage tax, where drivers would pay based on how far they drive. Briefly. Later, the State of Oregon ...

Oregon mileage tax program shows how to do it right Sebastian Blanco

Earlier this year, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood briefly became an Internet comment piñata by suggesting the U.S. think about instituting a mileage tax. The idea went nowhere, but this ...

Transportation Secretary's mileage tax idea never leaves the ground Sebastian Blanco

Over the weekend, we heard that the new Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood (R), was considering implementing a tax on the number of miles people drive each year to raise the funds for road ...

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood considering mileage tax Jeremy Korzeniewski

For years, the federal gas tax has funded the development, repair and improvement of our nation's highways, but for the last few years, there has been an ongoing debate about whether it's a better ...

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick considers "Hummer Tax" 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) is said to be considering adjusting registration fees skyward for large, gas-guzzling vehicles while discounting the same for fuel-saving models. The controversial legislation has earned the nickname "Hummer Tax" since it is rather obviously geared towards ...

New road taxes may be necessary in the wake of high gas prices 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to James Ray, Acting Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the current system of deriving money for the upkeep of the nations roadways is "unpredictable and unsustainable." He adds, "Without a doubt, our federal approach to transportation is broken, and no amount of ...

Should we drop the gas tax altogether in favor of a mileage tax? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From this article, "U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says that the federal highway trust fund will lack sufficient funding from taxes beginning in 2009. She has been pressing states to look for alternatives to gasoline taxes. 'The bottom line is that we are spending more than we take in, ...


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