New Jersey's Republican governor and legislative majorities have treated the 1998 insurance overhaul as a major advance for the state's burdened drivers, while Democrats insist that they should get credit for forcing the issue.
The fee had caused an uproar among upstate officials, who called it an unfair burden on drivers.
Some even went on strike, calling the requirements a kowtow to tourists and a burden on drivers.
But credit card transactions also generate a fee of $1.15 to $2 per transaction, Mr. Schaller said, a significant burden if drivers have to pay the fees, especially on smaller fares.
Governor Corzine, who has seen opposition to his plan for bailing out the state mount in the year since he began talking about it, now faces complaints that the burden on drivers could end up choking the state's economy.
The problem with shifting the tax burden from drivers to shoppers is not that the tax is regressive (if it is, then so is the gas tax), but that it needlessly severs the link between use and payment.
Still, legislators representing New York's suburbs and other boroughs have expressed serious concerns that the fees are an unfair burden on drivers from their districts — though the plan is expected to raise about $500 million a year to help expand mass transit in some of those areas.
Companies like Uber shift cost, risk, and burden onto drivers and taxpayers when they fail to provide the basic benefits so many Americans take for granted, from health insurance to sick leave," said Independent Drivers Guild founder Jim Conigliaro Jr.
The Commission will be supported by two Working Groups; one on science and evidence, addressing the epidemiological burden, the drivers of childhood obesity, the economic burden and the scientific evidence for effective interventions; and a second addressing implementation, monitoring and accountability.
The non-stowed device – near the driver, powered on, and poised to ring or ping– may contribute to the total burden of driver distraction even if the driver does not touch it [ 12].
