Most (If not all) states do have regularly scheduled vehicle registration fees. Problem is they’re just way too low to pay for the road use. It’s a few hundred bucks every year or two in most states. If drivers were actually paying for the infrastructure they use it would be in the thousands. Car owners seem to think that roads are paid for through some magical non-existent fund, so when you ask them to pay their share they flip out and lose their minds.
Here in Oregon some idiot in state government decided to make a small gas tax increase into a public referendum. As a result our entire state just voted to let all our roads fall apart and we’re estimated to lose 20% of DOT jobs. Once the roads do fall apart I imagine those same “no” voters will get angry that the DOT isn’t doing its job.
Most (If not all) states do have regularly scheduled vehicle registration fees. Problem is they’re just way too low to pay for the road use. It’s a few hundred bucks every year or two in most states. If drivers were actually paying for the infrastructure they use it would be in the thousands. Car owners seem to think that roads are paid for through some magical non-existent fund, so when you ask them to pay their share they flip out and lose their minds.
Here in Oregon some idiot in state government decided to make a small gas tax increase into a public referendum. As a result our entire state just voted to let all our roads fall apart and we’re estimated to lose 20% of DOT jobs. Once the roads do fall apart I imagine those same “no” voters will get angry that the DOT isn’t doing its job.