Comments about ‘Motorists are being punished’

Welcome to the real world of a one party system -- don't need to go to China or Russia the USA is the new dictatorship in the making - wake up and realized you have been bamboozled by the good old Utah boys as well

That's the plan, ve vill track your every move.
Signed; your Masters.

Wow: Talk about selective memory. Have you forgotten that Utah did give tax cuts each of the last two years?

I think a big part of the surplus was given back to the taxpayers.

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

I would suggest that many "sane" people get on the freeway when they don't have to.

There are many options out there. People can change their habits in a variety of ways. For starters, people could change discretionary schedules to avoid the freeway and other roads during rush hour. People could use other modes of transportation or other routes. People could carpool. While this last option may still require usage of the freeway, it would greatly reduce the number of cars and congestion on the freeways during rush hour.

I have to agree with Kenneth. This tracking chip/sticker sounds very Orwellian (ala 1984, big-brother, etc).

The concept may not be "Socialist" but it DEFINATLY isn't a concept or direction I would see as "Progress" or even acceptable in the America I want to live in.

To me it really seems like we(the government) is punishing working people with this plan. Think about it... what working man (especially a factory or office worker with a fixed schedule) has the flexability to decide to go to work an hour later (to miss rush-hour)?

Rich folks (who set their own schedule) and government workers (who nobody cares if they show up on time) have this flexibility, but not many shift-workers with a schedule. These are the people this type of plan punishes.

It is an intersting movement, the slow and steady transition from capitalism to socialism. Originally, socialism was hated and feared in this country. Slowly it crept into our government. Of course, the political parties would constantly seek to distance themselves from the term, enacting socialist policy after socialy policy, all under the defense of, "This isn't true socialism." Now, you see many people no longer hiding their intentions, they openly defend and embrace socialism and desire it as a future for America. It's the natural cycle of things before yet another revolution. Don't fight it, it's inevitable.

TN | 11:43 a.m.
So basically your saying, "Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated"?

I pretty much agree with Kenneth on the "Big Brother" stuff. However, over the next decade it appears that the personal automobile will more than likely become plug-in electric or fully electric as batteries continue to develop. Since these cars will use very little or no gasoline, or diesel, the fuel tax will be insufficient to provide for the roads and highways necessary for their operations. These cars will need to have a system of reporting miles in order to provide funds for maintenance and construction. That is of course unless these costs are laid on the taxpayers in general.

As this form of personal transportation develops you folks out there suffering from "nuclear paranoia" had better get ready, because nuclear power will be the only source of electrical energy capable of recharging all of those batteries. (especially if global warming remains an issue)

The writer needs to understand that charging people every time they use a service is the opposite of socialism. It is a socialist idea for the government to build roads at taxpayer expense for anyone to use for "free".

if as you say, over the next decade it appears that the personal automobile will be more likely become plug-in electric or fully electric... that doesn't do anything to solve the problem addressed by the program the author was writing about.

I think he's writing about using a tag to track and charge drivers a different rate based on the time of day they travel on the freeways (charge more during rush-hour to encourage drivers to avoid peak drive times).

This program is intended to relieve traffic congestion (not polution) so whether cars are gas, electric or Mr Fusion powered, freeway congestion is going to continue to be a problem as long as the private car exists (electric or not).

The ultimate goal of the Green movement is to outlaw private car ownership in general and have the public depend on public-transit systems (like in Japan). Of course this won't work in Rural-America, but they don't care. Rural-America could completely cease to exist and they wouldn't care (all that matters is the utopian cities).

Just thought I'd point out that individually owned and operated electric cars does NOTHING to help the traffic congestion problem.

Another letter from an American hater. If you hate it here so much, why don't you move to one of those countries you mention?

Socialism? Uh what? I think it is socialism that created our roads in the first place. Please attack the right political persuasion when it comes to wanting to have toll roads: Bob Barr Libertarians.