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In reply to the discussion: So we do the right thing by getting hybrids, then... [View all]That sucks. Are you in a situation where you could move closer to a metro station? If not, you have got the mother lode of a horrible LA commute.
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Won't people start car pooling, using public transportation, and driving less, thereby
djean111
Oct 2014
#1
public transit is nice if done well, but can be a nightmare. My buddy was forced to use it when he
dionysus
Oct 2014
#55
How do we know that distance will not be the only data stored for later download?
ManiacJoe
Oct 2014
#35
I know. I just don't justify further abuses of our civil rights based on these criminal uses.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#51
Do you have another plan to maintain the roads? People will still drive on them, there will still be
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#5
The money was borrowed and state regulation requires that it be repaid within 3 years.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#10
Yes, I think a gradual increase to 20x is acceptable. U.S. PR touts the gas tax as a "pay-as-you-go"
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#14
Um, they pay for that excellent public transit through gas taxes and other revenue. You don't get
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#18
The 50th Anniversary party was a public celebration not a private one. 300,000 people walked the
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#12
Yeah, and five to six years later it was taken out of the hides of poor people
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#13
Indeed it is the governments job to throw parties for the public. Inaugurations, Fourth of July,
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#17
It's a personal choice for those with the money to make such choices.....
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#31
People take jobs where they can get them and it is not easy or even plausible to
TheKentuckian
Oct 2014
#62
If you drive in traffic a lot hybrids are much more efficient than a non hybrid
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
#25
That's an exploit of a law meant to apply to heavy box trucks and the like.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#53
California can't levy manufacturing taxes on products made outside its state and if
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#49
If the issue is reduced tax receipts a negative cash flow would exacerbated the issue. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#57