As the goblins say, ownership goes to the maker. What you paid for it only amounts to renting it for a while. Transfering an item to your heirs amounts to theft.

As many of you may know, the State of Oregon (a state that I sadly call home) is one of the hardest-hit during our difficult economic times. Our unemployment is the worst, our state systems are failing, and our outlook is plum awful. What chaps my hide is that the state can somehow continue to fund "studies" like this asinine one during these times. I did not see how the costs of purchasing/installing these devices will be planned...but you can bet yer sweet bippy that that will go DIRECTLY to the driver/taxpayer. I also noticed that Mr. Whitty (odd name) quiped about the abolition of the gas tax if a system like this is implimented...ummm...no. Not in THIS state. Every time a tax is cut or eliminated, they make it up in sneaky ways. Example: Our property taxes have been slashed several times by statewide ballot measures over the last decade or so. How does the state deal with this? Do they make due with less? No-ho! they simply send the assessors out to artificially jack up the property values on Oregon homes in order to balance the revenue. My bottom line is this...IF you live in this loser state, you can expect some goofy thing like this to come to pass. You can expect this goofy thing to cost you a bundle right out of the gate. You can expect this goofy thing to only add more weight to the citizen's pocketbooks. You can expect the money generated from this thing to disappear into the general fund suckhole...ANNND you can expect to have the state come back to you in a few years with an open hand and a whimper. Moral of the story....STAY AWAY FROM OREGON!