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RE: The assumed cost of Driving in Hawaii - james weatherford - 02-28-2008
Some factoids from research I did about 5 years ago, regarding driving in Hawaii (data up to 2001):
+ miles per car: fewer than USA average (islands, not continent, make for less long distance driving)
+ cars per per person: increasing (cars increasing even faster than people)
+ miles per gallon of fuel: decreasing (lower fuel efficiency on those newer cars, especially late 1990's through 2001)
+ fuel use per car: increasing (due to lower MPG)
+ total fuel increasing (due to lower MPG and more cars).
...cars: love to hate 'em; hate to love 'em.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
RE: The assumed cost of Driving in Hawaii - loffelkopffl - 02-28-2008
paying at the pump is a good idea but always gets shot down
RE: The assumed cost of Driving in Hawaii - Kapohocat - 02-28-2008
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Originally posted by Nate SC
I was talking with a fireman one day and he shared his solution for "uninsured" drivers. He suggested placing a tax on gasoline that would cover every driver on the road. You would no longer be required to buy insurance because the State would cover it from the gas tax. No worries about "freddy" not having insurance and crashing into you because he has "gas insurance" . It would work out for the non driver too, because they don't buy gas. Another idea he had was to make it impossible to own/register a motor vehicle and not be a licensed driver.
Paying at the pump is not a good idea for us!!...unless there is a rebate for it IF you carry your own insurance.
SB used about $250 a week in gas. Not because he drives all that much but because the vehicle he needs to pick up materials in does not get the gas mileage that a small sub compact gets. Why should we be penalized? And not to stereo type but small cars seem to think more they can pull out and make that small opening (and we know they dont as seen on Hwy 130 all too often). SB has to be careful and pull out in a large opening because of the size and the weight carried.
We pay insurance and besides if the truck got in an accident, the damage would be considerably less (I hope) than the damage to the subcompact.
As for the assumption - to be able to make a comparison you have to make certain assumptions so that it is a comparable value which is why stats can be skewed to fit the need.