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projektfu • today at 10:48 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

That is more because the gas tax is intended to pay for the roads. Red-dye diesel is declaring your intention to use the vehicle exclusively off-road, and thus not needing to be subject to the gas tax.


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lesuorac • today at 11:37 AM

Gas tax doesn’t raise enough to pay for the roads though. Although i would doubt trackers on dirt cause significant damage to highways…

https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-road-taxes-fu...