1900 Prius Fee

Unexpected consequences. Prius owners are now having to reap the whirlwind. And not just the wind from turbine-generated green power they use to charge their beasts. The wind of change.
Seems the state will be charging them a $100 annual fee to use the road. I get it. Charging a Prius.
Seriously, all of us regular car drivers have to pay gasoline tax. And that tax is what the powers that be use to maintain the roads upon which we drive our vehicles.
It's meant to be a fair tax. The larger the vehicle, the worse the mileage, and the more tax they have to pay. As larger vehicles are also heavier and cause more road damage that works out pretty good.
Where it's not good is that poor people that can't afford to buy a new car are disproportionately stuck for higher taxes from the old gas inefficient beaters they drive. Still, at least the fat cat brand new giant Escalade drivers get stuck too.
Up to now the same could not be said for Priuii pilots. They've been blithely and silently and maybe a little bit smugly tootling along making the rest of us maintain the roads they use up too. Plus, they've been subsidized in other ways by the rest of us. Not least because at some point we'll all bear the cost of environmentally disposing of their trunkful o'batteries.
But also because they've enjoyed any number of government incentives to purchase their vehicles in the first place. So $100 is not out of line. They already get more tax breaks than a major league sports franchise looking to build a new stadium.
But, hey, thanks to them for sharing all the clean air they helped create.
At least the wind of change is cleaner.
America, ya gotta love it.