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Then read the odometer. You don’t need to subject everyone to constant surveillance to pay for roads.

Speaking only of the US, you have no right to privacy in public [1]. Existing law enables both government and private surveillance systems with little recourse.

Capturing mileage by geographic area would be an acceptable solution, but mileage delta over time would be insufficient to collect and disburse road taxes based on what is needed/used/traveled the most.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy

Laws allowing this might be constitutional. They would still be Orwellian nightmares. (We probably need a constitutional amendment addressing the issue - but regardless the fact is a proposed law can be both authoritarian and constitutional).

If they’re serious about this, I will become a single issue voter.

What do you gain from carrying water for tyrants?

> but mileage delta over time would be insufficient to collect and disburse road taxes based on what is needed/used/traveled the most.

This is already reality.

A commons that flourishes instead of wilting from tragedy.

https://www.theregreview.org/2019/08/21/kadich-fixing-shortf...

https://infrastructurereportcard.org/

A theorised benefit at the guaranteed cost of perpetual surveillance. No thanks.

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