Missourian
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a) What's your handle?
b) Have you ever had to use one of those runaway ramps on a steep downgrade?
c) Will you drive thru one state and wait until you get to another state with lower gasoline taxes?
d) Seen any 'tang in the vehicle next to you?
a) What's your handle? Old Shoe
b) Have you ever had to use one of those runaway ramps on a steep downgrade? No, thank God. Truckers have a saying "You can take a grade too slow a thousand times, but you'll only take it too fast once."
There's a Youtube video of a straight truck ditching on a runaway truck ramp...after seeing it, I think I'd take my chances with the hill.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75R9z_HLqz0[/ame]
c) Will you drive thru one state and wait until you get to another state with lower gasoline taxes?
I use to when the company I was lease to paid my Fuel Tax, but the states have the fix in so they get theirs, no matter where you buy your fuel. You are required to report all miles run in every state quarterly and figure how much fuel tax you owe by the mile.
If you bought fuel in that state, you can apply all fuel tax you paid against what you own...if you bought more fuel that what was required to satisfy your tax debt, the state will refund you the difference...if not, you owe them the difference.
Your best bet is to try to schedule your fuel stops to buy the least expensive fuel in the state with the highest fuel tax.
d) Seen any 'tang in the vehicle next to you? To be honest, I don't monitor the 'seat covers'.