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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="jeaton"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"] <P>[quote user="jeaton"] <P>They can buy a tollway transponder and load the fund balance with cash and don't even have to say hello to the clerk that handles the transaction. </P> <P>Can you think of any reason why the box on the car that tracks mileage can't be loaded with funds in the same manner?</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Indeed, that is part of the vision that I outlined on page 1 where I refer to it as a Driving Privilege Deposit (DPD).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is no way they are going to put all of this control into motor vehicles and then assume the cost of billing drivers and hope they pay.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But this will become about so much more than just taxation for roads.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>This will be micromanaging your driving to the extent that you might as well be riding a train or bus.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Much of the traffic law enforcement will be taken over by this automatic system as well.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you run a red light, the system will know it and instantly deduct the fine from your pre-paid account.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When your account gets to zero, the system disables your engine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will transform the driving experience as though you have a highway patrol officer riding in your passenger seat.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><FONT color=#0099ff>May we assume that you don't believe in the strict enforcent of traffic laws?</FONT> I think the majority of the driving public accept prohibitions against running a red light and other traffic regulations as reasonable law. Perhaps except the person that frequently does, gets caught and pays a lot of fines. </P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>I don’t know why you would assume that.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think you are correct that the majority of the public accepts traffic regulations as reasonable law, but I also think that very few people actually live up to the letter of the law consistently as they drive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Enough of them split hairs at traffic lights to make red light runner cameras awfully unpopular.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would not expect the driving public to welcome the idea of an automatic fine every time they don’t quite pinch it down to a dead stop at a stop sign.</FONT> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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