Subj : Re: EVs
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 17:36:07

 pF>  We got a nice letter apologizing/not apologizing for violating their
 pF>  privacy policy and providing a FREE COMPLIMENTARY anti-static bag to
 pF>  keep your transponder in when not paying tolls.

Are anti-static bags inherently Farraday cages? Since I'm assuming that was the point of it, rather than being anti-static. But I had never thought about the connection before.

 pF>  I guarantee that any mileage-tracking system will be misused.

Yeah, the, "we have your information but totally won't use it inappropriately" is never a reassuring thing.

But the traffic tracking _is_ pretty cool.

That said, with the mileage-tracking system, I was imagining something more along the lines of, when you get your smog check done, they also write down your current mileage, and you pay accordingly.

Which, yeah, some of that mileage would not be in the state of registration, but I don't think there's any better usage-based system, at this point.

And I'm sure that the states vary widely in what sort of annual-ish things they make people do.

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