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Tracking Where and When You Drive

What roads are you using? Are you driving during heavy traffic hours? - The government will want to know. The government wants you to pay according to how you use the roads and according when you use the roads:

“…Oregon installed in the cars of willing participants computerized receivers linked to Global Positioning System satellites. The receivers recorded mileage and let drivers know when they were in the extra-charge zones, said James Whitty, manager of innovative partnerships and alternative funding for the Oregon Department of Transportation.”

link: A pay-as-you-go plan for the road

It allows the government to tax drivers, based on how they use the roads. However, it also allows the government to build a data base to track you. A bit more personal privacy will have vanished…

Catherine Forsythe
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