To save money on insurance, drivers agree to intrusive monitoring technology
Utah views EV drivers as tax evaders because they don&#x27;t buy gas. So they have a &quot;deal&quot; for EV drivers: pay an exorbitant registration fee (hundreds more than other vehicles) or install an OBD device in your car and carry a surveillance app to be charged for how much your vehicle is driven [0]. The measurement route requires 2 separate accounts with 3rd parties, one of which has your payment information on file.<p>Given that states can&#x27;t even get voting right [1], this is not the future I wanted. (Plus, we should be incentivizing EV purchases at this stage, not punishing them.)<p>(Heck, they put my marriage license on a <i>blockchain</i> for some dumb reason. I didn&#x27;t even <i>want</i> it on a blockchain!)<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;roadusagecharge.utah.gov&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;roadusagecharge.utah.gov&#x2F;</a><p>[1]: Basically anything by <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jhalderm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jhalderm</a>