

Gov. Bob McDonnell  (Source:
The fee is meant to replace the state's gas tax







Source: WTOP

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By Philippine Mango on 2/5/2013 12:02:05 AM , Rating: 2
The headline makes it look like a hybrid/EV penalty however if they're just removing the gas tax and replacing it with this, it does seem more fair if and only if, you don't consider the fact that gas guzzling vehicles tend to be very heavy and it's heavy vehicles that actually damage the road. What they should do is change this gas tax so it's linear with the vehicle's GVWR or at least curb weight. Vehicles that weigh more should pay a higher tax and lighter vehicles should pay lesser tax. That would be the only fair way to do it and would eliminate the issue of efficient vehicles getting away with not paying any road tax.

