Road Conditions

Daishi

lol nj just sucks.. the charge just about the most for insurance.. and anything motor vehicle related than any other state but are in the top 5 for the worst roads.. What do they spend our tax money on? thats yet to be determined.

nuTinmuch

Your insurance is so expensive because New Jersey is very dense and very urban. Despite the urban environment that usually causes people to take public transportation, most in NJ still own a car. This means more accidents, more theft and more uninsured drivers -- all of which drive the cost up.

Our taxes are high for similar reasons. Move someplace more rural and your taxes will significantly drop -- but so will your services.

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Modshack

Apparently you guys aren't paying enough taxes....LOL......

I used to live in Joisey, but got out in '98...

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Hugoneus

Our taxes pay for the 1 million cops that are everywhere. Thank God for that!

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Urbanracer

You have potholes because your taxes arn't keeping up with the increase cost of labor and materials, and because of better fuel efficiency. In short, since more cars are running more fuel efficient these days and require less gas to operate (including hybrids that require even less or none at all) there is less taxes revenue being created since everyone pays a per gallon tax. (So really hybrids are using the road for free when running on no gas.) Every state gets a federal dollar match based on what they generate with state gas taxes and since each state is creating less tax revenue they get less of a funding match from the federal government which equals less transportation funding, which equals less road repairs, which equals that big a** pot hole you just hit this morning.

Expect things to get worse if state governments don't find another way to raise taxes for transportation. The gas tax is a thing of the past and won't work with the developement of alturnitive fuel sources. The best way would be to install GPS in every car and charge by how many miles you drive a year but obviously this creates privacy issues, but thats the best way to replicate the gas tax since it used to be the more miles you drove the more fuel you bought.

CN: fuel efficiency = less tax revenue for each state and its compounding every year so get used to potholes until the tax method is changed.

Modshack

We have pretty good roads here in NC, but out car registrations (3% when you register/title) are dedicated "Highway use Taxes" which go to pay for that stuff (locally)

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Urbanracer

Yeah, vehicle registrations do go to transportation too but cover only a very very small portion of the revenue. The midwestern and Northeastern state's roads deteriorate MUCH faster then the southern states due to the freeze/thaw cycles which is the number one reason roads fall apart and thus the replacement cycle and O and M costs are much much higher. Thats why the southern states like NC generally have better roads.