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Who'd install, monitor, and police it? The infrastructure to establish this system seems immense and I think that cost would far outweigh the income generated. What's to stop someone from unplugging it every other week or permanently except for inspection time?
Where I live the state and city and county already has a hard enough time enforcing registration, yearly safety checks, and insurance. If we eventually get emissions and then gps mileage it'd be one giant crap heap that'd take decades to sort out.
If they need more money for infrastructure I think that they should raise the gas tax, vehicle weight taxes, and registration fees. If you use more gas, drive heavier cars, drive more expensive cars you should pay more. If you've changed your driving habits to save gas and/or use less resources you shouldn't pay the same as a single occupant escalade going the same distance. They made the choice to drive bigger they should pay more.
A question for those that live outside the US what is the road infrastructure like vs the tax rates? I've visited Germany, Japan, and New Zealand and their roads all seemed well maintained even in the rural areas that I visited. Also saw the National Geographic program on the Autobahn and they replace sections when repairs are needed. I have not ever seen that happen in any state I've been to so far. I've only seen them patch pot holes in the asphalt or concrete many times until it gets really bad then maybe they will replace or repave a large section. Also many times when they repave with asphalt it's never level for long. Always ends up wavy and uneven in less then a year.
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