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Weekly column: Tracking you wherever you drive -- GPS bugs and the Transportation Department [priv]
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:47:23 -0800
http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5980979.html Perspective: E-tracking, coming to a DMV near you By Declan McCullagh December 5, 2005, 4:00 AM PSTTrust federal bureaucrats to take a good idea and transform it into a frightening proposal to track Americans wherever they drive.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these "mileage-based road user fees."
Now that electronic tracking and taxing may be coming to a DMV near you. The Office of Transportation Policy Studies, part of the Federal Highway Administration, is about to announce another round of grants totaling some $11 million. A spokeswoman on Friday said the office is "shooting for the end of the year" for the announcement, and more money is expected for GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking efforts.
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