LOL!
I actually don't believe that the Government could give a crap about the comings and goings of the citizenry. There are simply too many citizens and too much ennui in the Government to do any sort of individual analysis.
The privacy flag has already been raised via the ACLU and others. Just about the only way this would pass, is if there were safeguards in place to prevent data outside of that needed to bill you for miles gone. OBDII should already allow for the monitoring of mileage via the onboard computer. Hook that up to a transponder like over the road tolling uses and no GPS data would be needed and you would be billed for the difference in mileage between readings like a Gas Meter.
My concern was not a privacy issue, but a monitary one. You shouldn't get taxed twice for the same thing, and it appeared that's what the OR Governor was looking at in the article. The concept that everyone who uses the road should pay for it no matter what fuel they use isn't something that came directly to mind when I read the article, that's why I posted up another link.
I still want to know how agencies paid for stuff when gas was the same price it is now and the fuel tax was about the same.
