🚨DOUBLE BAD BILL ALERT🚨 AB 2015 and AB 2168: More anti-driver legislation aimed at steering Californians off the road

Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach), vice chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, is alerting Californians about two pieces of anti-driver legislation that will come up on the Senate Floor for a vote before the August 31 legislative deadline.

AB 2015 allows the government to study online mapping and navigation tools and determine how they impact traffic on local roads and highways. Simply put, it lays the foundation to ban alternative driving routes and increase commuter times.

AB 2168 would take money meant for roads, paid by drivers via the gas tax, and put it toward bicycle and pedestrian projects.

"Apparently, the majority party's fix for lowering gas prices is to force you out of your car entirely," said Sen. Strickland. "Driving in California is a fact of life. A practical solution would have been to suspend the gas tax for one year, lowering the price of a gallon of gas by $1.08 and saving an average family approximately $1,100 a year. Instead, they look for ways to force you to sit in traffic longer."

"Californians pay a premium at the pump in taxes, but their return on investment is abysmal," added Senate Minority Lead Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego). "Government needs to be held accountable and put the gas tax money where it's supposed to go: fixing the roads, not building bike lanes. Kicking people out of their cars is just a way to avoid accountability."

Adding to the anti-driver agenda, earlier this month the California Energy Commission (CEC) mandated new tire restrictions that will ban 70% of tires currently sold in the state by 2033.

Click HERE to read the analysis for AB 2015 and HERE to read the analysis for AB 2168.

Related Topics

• Legislation