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roamer65

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8. The fair way to do it is open road tolling.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 12:33 AM

May 2019

I love the Illinois Tollway open road tolling scheme and then NO ONE gets out of paying for the roads.

The IPASS in my windshield covers Illinois and any E-ZPASS road.

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Illinois might start charging $1,000 per year to own an electric vehicle [View all] dalton99a May 2019 OP

There's an argument to be made for it Loki Liesmith May 2019 #1

Theoretically, gas taxes are used for upkeep. Assholes like Chris Christie divert it to General Fund TheBlackAdder May 2019 #5

In Missouri, we had to pass a constitutional amendment to fund roads hatrack May 2019 #6

Fees will be going up as electric vehicles shouldn't get a free pass beachbum bob May 2019 #2

that would be 2273 gallons of gas in a year dsc May 2019 #3

Get an electric car! Sure they cost more, but you'll make that back hughee99 May 2019 #4

Not really, cost of replacing the battery screws you over in the long run ansible May 2019 #9

That's fossil fuel propaganda. My battery is under warranty for 10 years. Liberal In Texas May 2019 #10

I'd be much more in favor of TheFarseer May 2019 #7

The fair way to do it is open road tolling. roamer65 May 2019 #8

Why don't they charge $1,000 per year for registering guns? FakeNoose May 2019 #11

How about instead we end the tax subsidies the oil industry has been getting for years Liberal In Texas May 2019 #12

Too much. It should be comparable to miles driven by gas powered vehicles. LiberalFighter May 2019 #13