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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ConstitutionCowboy" data-source="post: 4350044" data-attributes="member: 745">All those electric vehicles out there probably have data recording software as well as links to the auto manufacturers. Just tap into that and charge those electric vehicle owners according to the miles they drive. Either that or tap into the electricity they buy to run those vehicles and collect a tax on those figures. Leave all the other vehicles running on gas or diesel out of the equation. They already pay their equitable share.I dislike the fact that electric vehicle owners basically get a free ride. Make them pay something equitable and don't put an extra burden on the rest of us with some mileage tax.A mileage tax alone would be inequitable when you consider the wide range of vehicle weights that cause wear and tear on the roads. Someone's 2,500 pound car would end up paying for more wear and tare on the roads than such a vehicle is capable of. It would give people like me a bit of a free ride though - with my two vehicles that weigh in at more than 6,000 pounds each. Well, in that case, bring it on!All that said, how would one compensate for those up to 80,000 pound semi's tearing up the roads?Woody</blockquote>