RG> The USDOT and FHWA provide the statistics used to apportion
RG> Federal Highway funds to the states.  What they look at is
RG> active participation in speed control, weight control and
RG> other safety related law enforcement activities. 
RG> Approximately 25% of the Federal Highway Funds allocated to
RG> the states is to be used for this purpose, and if the states
RG> aren't using it for that purpose, then they loose that
RG> portion of the funding.  Which is a sizeable amount of
RG> money...
I don't know about the percentages but I do know that
the biggest chuck of money is based on the number of
miles of NEW roads being built and almost none of it is
for repair of existing ones.  That's why you see new
roads being built while dodging pot holes on the road
you are using now.
Sometimes I think we should do away with all highway
taxes and make every road in the US a toll road.  You
use, you pay for it.  Why should you pay road tax for
the gas you are using in your chain saw or lawn mower?
Of course you'd have to remove the front passenger's
seat and put a quarter (or dollar coin) dispenser there
instead :)
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
-- timEd-B11
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