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<FIRST>Robert</FIRST>
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<CITY>Batesburg</CITY>
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Dear Honorable Governor Haley and/or staff,

I was wondering if it would be more effective and more fair to impose the gas tax more on the diesel side of fuel and not so much on the gasoline side.  

I understand that there are more cars on the road and an across the board tax would take advantage of each and every person/vehicle that has to fill up somewhere in SC.  This would generate a lot of revenue by far, at the expense of poor and rich alike.  However most of the vehicles that operate on gasoline are much lighter than the diesel powered vehicles.  Therefore, I see it more fair to impose the tax primarily on the diesel community, especially the extremely tractor trailers, buses, transporters, etc...  

These heavy weight and often overweight vehicles are the ones doing most of the damage to our already crumbling highway.  Chicken trucks, feed trucks, and logging trucks alone in our area are the blame for the condition of most secondary and primary road problems within the counties and within town limits.

Some if not all truckers will eventually pull in to a truck stop to rest, and most will need fuel.  This will hit even the out of state trucks that are tearing our roads up.  These same out of state carriers aren't even shipping goods in nor out of South Carolina.  This means SC is getting zero out of the vehicles, other than a torn up highway.  There are also a large amount of diesel, one ton and dual rear wheel pick up trucks that are popping up on roads as a fad.  They are heavy trucks as well and also consume a lot of diesel. This would be another source of revenue.  Most of this class of citizen can afford the higher tax, seeing that they can afford such a pricey vehicle to begin coupled with such a low MPG. 

Lastly, there needs to be more enforcement on overweight trucks and trailers going down our roads.  I can't remember the last time I saw the weigh stations actually open and trucks pulling off to be scaled.  And when they are opened, the weigh stations are often bypassed or never encountered by the likes of Amick Farms or various logging companies who use US highways or SC highways to get from houses to plants, or forests to mills..  Yet they are contributing to pot holes in asphalt roads, especially in areas where they pivot to make a sharp 90 degree turn.  Also, impose heavier fines for those out of order, being overweight.  

This is just some food for thought, if having to compromise with the house or senate on how to impose and who to impose it higher taxes on.

Regards and thank you for your time,

Robert S. Connelly
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