Hi JeromeP:

___Nicely written …

___I have read in the past that road damage is proportional to the 4th power of GVWR. Although I never bookmarked the study, it says truck traffic no matter how many wheels in the running gear are far more damaging to roads then an Insight, HCH, or Prius I/II. Oregon is only looking at this as a tax grab I am quite positive. It won’t be long and Oregon will emulate fortress Europe w/ $6.00 a gallon for fuel or the equivalent given the tax and no one will drive anywhere … Sounds like I won’t be moving to that state anytime soon Given your location, doesn’t Oregon have some kind of law that you cannot fill your own fuel tank? Just passing on rumor and innuendo if this is not the case.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net