Red diesel on vehicles on the roads?

SDcampowneroperator wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

SDcampowneroperator wrote:
Fuel taxes are payment for road use and repairs. There are some dodgers using dyed fuel to avoid taxes. Sooner or later they will PAY . My concern is vehicles who pay little to no road use tax legally.
Electric, alternative fuel vehicles do as much wear and tear, need as fine of roads as conventionally fueled. Yet they pay no road use fees, and when recharged by a fossil fueled system produce more co2. You want cheaters to pay their share for use of the roads, there is your target, not the small amount who chance using dyed fuel.
It will come, has been proposed in many state legislations that vehicles will be taxed ( via registration) by weight use and annual mileage regardless of propulsion. a far fairer system than exists now.

Dyed fuel would be no more. Electric cars pay the same. No way to cheat the taxman, Better roads, lower cost for us who are honest.

I agree, but they would likely need to figure a way to bill monthly, so not a huge bill at registration time, once every two years in Oregon.

it will take federal action with states concurrent action to make it happen.
Fuel taxes would have to be phased out & replaced by useage tax. I pray our legislators have the cohoonas to address such issues.

It does not require federal action, although that would make things consistent from state to state. Oregon is two years into a pilot/test program (OReGO) for private vehicles to pay by the mile. It's voluntary at this point - you still pay fuel tax at the pump, then either get a periodic rebate or pay the difference, depending on how many miles you drove & how many gallons of fuel you purchased.

http://www.myorego.org/about/