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A change from fuel tax to a mileage based tax? - Loadsmart

Written by loadsmart | Oct 6, 2014

This can alter not only the way truckers, but also everyone who pays for our highways and road projects. Will the way we pay for transportation become smarter?

California is now the third state in the west to start testing out this pilot program. Fuel taxes have become ineffective in turning in appropriate funds since fuel saving technology. The government is trying to find the smarter way to do this. But will this leave truckers with higher transportation costs? Probably, seeing that the government is looking for more funding. CCJDigital>>