Does Donald Trump even know how to drive?

[TastySuckToy]

Drivers have never paid they own way for their transportation.

Since when have drivers not paid taxes?

Here's a quick summary of taxes that vehicle drivers in the U.S. typically pay related to building and maintaining vehicle-use infrastructure:

1. **Fuel Taxes (Gasoline/Diesel Tax)**
- **Federal**: 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline, 24.4 cents for diesel (as of 2025, unchanged since 1993).
- **State**: Varies widely (e.g., California: ~51 cents/gallon; Alaska: ~8 cents/gallon).
- **Purpose**: Funds highway construction, maintenance, and some mass transit via the Highway Trust Fund.

2. **Vehicle Registration Fees**
- Annual fees paid to the state, often based on vehicle weight, type, or value.
- **Range**: $20–$200+ depending on the state.
- **Purpose**: Supports state and local road maintenance and DMV operations.

3. **Sales Tax on Vehicles**
- Applied when purchasing a vehicle, typically 4–8% depending on state/local rates.
- **Purpose**: General revenue, some of which may fund transportation infrastructure.

4. **Tolls**
- Direct payments for using specific roads, bridges, or tunnels.
- **Varies**: E.g., $1–$15+ per use, depending on location and distance.
- **Purpose**: Funds construction, maintenance, or upgrades of specific infrastructure.

5. **Property Taxes (Indirect)**
- Some local property taxes fund municipal roads and streets.
- **Purpose**: General infrastructure upkeep, including roads.

6. **Tire Taxes (Less Common)**
- A small federal tax (e.g., ~9 cents per 10 lbs of tire weight) and some state fees.
- **Purpose**: Often tied to road wear or environmental programs.

The bulk of direct funding for roads and highways comes from **fuel taxes** and **registration fees**, though electric vehicle drivers may pay additional fees (e.g., $50–$200 annually) in some states to offset lost gas tax revenue. States vary a lot, so specifics depend on location.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Moot point. It doesn't matter what the President is allowed to do. Donald Trump never drove before he was elected President. I don't think he knows how.

You don't remember the medical establishment marvelling at how Trump actually grew an inch after age 60 (most people shrink!). That one inch gain in height knocked his BMI down from 'obese' to 'overweight'...
https://i.imgur.com/rw6zM3P.jpeg

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Since when have drivers not paid taxes?

Here's a quick summary of taxes that vehicle drivers in the U.S. typically pay related to building and maintaining vehicle-use infrastructure:

1. **Fuel Taxes (Gasoline/Diesel Tax)**
- **Federal**: 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline, 24.4 cents for diesel (as of 2025, unchanged since 1993).
- **State**: Varies widely (e.g., California: ~51 cents/gallon; Alaska: ~8 cents/gallon).
- **Purpose**: Funds highway construction, maintenance, and some mass transit via the Highway Trust Fund.

2. **Vehicle Registration Fees**
- Annual fees paid to the state, often based on vehicle weight, type, or value.
- **Range**: $20–$200+ depending on the state.
- **Purpose**: Supports state and local road maintenance and DMV operations.

3. **Sales Tax on Vehicles**
- Applied when purchasing a vehicle, typically 4–8% depending on state/local rates.
- **Purpose**: General revenue, some of which may fund transportation infrastructure.

4. **Tolls**
- Direct payments for using specific roads, bridges, or tunnels.
- **Varies**: E.g., $1–$15+ per use, depending on location and distance.
- **Purpose**: Funds construction, maintenance, or upgrades of specific infrastructure.

5. **Property Taxes (Indirect)**
- Some local property taxes fund municipal roads and streets.
- **Purpose**: General infrastructure upkeep, including roads.

6. **Tire Taxes (Less Common)**
- A small federal tax (e.g., ~9 cents per 10 lbs of tire weight) and some state fees.
- **Purpose**: Often tied to road wear or environmental programs.

The bulk of direct funding for roads and highways comes from **fuel taxes** and **registration fees**, though electric vehicle drivers may pay additional fees (e.g., $50–$200 annually) in some states to offset lost gas tax revenue. States vary a lot, so specifics depend on location.

Drivers only pay about 1/2 the cost of building and maintaining roads through direct taxes on cars. The rest of the money comes from the general fund which means that non-drivers are subsidizing other people's driving habit.

The best thing we could do is raise the taxes on cars and gasoline to cover the full cost of road maintenance and traffic enforcement. If drivers had to bear the real cost of cars, a lot fewer people would choose to drive.

 

[Lazaran]

Moot point. It doesn't matter what the President is allowed to do. Donald Trump never drove before he was elected President. I don't think he knows how.

A lot of "alpha males" can be seen driving high powered sports cars, but, oddly enough, "the most alpha male ever" has no video or photographic history showing him driving anything with more horsepower than a golf cart…Weird…





There ARE reports that Donald was seen ATTEMPTING to drive a Porsche, etc, back in the day, but he apparently kept grinding the gears…(not a good look for an "alpha male" - and DonOld was certainly no Paul Newman or Steve McQueen.)

There is no way that imbecile could drive a manual transmission vehicle properly.

Could DonOld the dimwit drives an automatic, get chauffeured around, or get transported in a self driving car??? Sure. (Driving the automatic properly might be a bit of a stretch.)

 

[TastySuckToy]

Drivers only pay about 1/2 the cost of building and maintaining roads through direct taxes on cars. The rest of the money comes from the general fund which means that non-drivers are subsidizing other people's driving habit.

The best thing we could do is raise the taxes on cars and gasoline to cover the full cost of road maintenance and traffic enforcement. If drivers had to bear the real cost of cars, a lot fewer people would choose to drive.

The argument that non-drivers unfairly subsidize drivers through general fund contributions ignores how much non-drivers gain from vehicle infrastructure.

Roads aren’t just for personal cars—they’re the backbone of a system everyone relies on. Non-drivers get food, water, medicine, and clothes delivered to stores and homes via trucks.

Emergency services like ambulances and fire trucks reach them fast because of roads. Mail, packages, and online orders show up at their door thanks to drivers and infrastructure. Public transit—buses, subways, shuttles—runs on or alongside roads, giving non-drivers mobility. Even sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic signals, which non-drivers use daily, are tied to road networks.

Raising car and gas taxes to “full cost” sounds fair until you realize drivers aren’t the only ones benefiting—everyone does. Non-drivers aren’t just footing the bill for “other people’s driving habits”; they’re funding a system that keeps society running, including their own lives.

If anything, drivers already pay a premium through vehicle taxes and fees for a network non-drivers use indirectly every day. Jacking up costs might cut driving, but it’d also hike prices for goods, slow emergency response, and strain transit—hitting non-drivers hardest. The current setup isn’t nonsense; it’s a shared investment in a connected world.

 

[Lance_Castro]

crazy.

“President or vice president, current or former: it doesn’t matter. None is allowed to drive a car on a public road.

The policy is enforced by the Secret Service, the government security arm tasked with the safety of those holding the highest public offices in the country. If a president wants to motor around, they have to do it as a passenger while an agent trained in evasive maneuvers is behind the steering wheel. (U.S. House and Senate members are generally subject to this policy as well.)

That’s not to say a president can never, ever drive. They would just have to do it on private property, something Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush took advantage of following their time in office: both got into cars on their respective ranches. Others might climb into a golf cart, which is generally permissible.“

 

[Lazaran]

crazy.

“President or vice president, current or former: it doesn’t matter. None is allowed to drive a car on a public road.

The policy is enforced by the Secret Service, the government security arm tasked with the safety of those holding the highest public offices in the country. If a president wants to motor around, they have to do it as a passenger while an agent trained in evasive maneuvers is behind the steering wheel. (U.S. House and Senate members are generally subject to this policy as well.)

That’s not to say a president can never, ever drive. They would just have to do it on private property, something Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush took advantage of following their time in office: both got into cars on their respective ranches. Others might climb into a golf cart, which is generally permissible.“

One would think "alpha male MAGA DonOld" would have some legendary video / photographic documentation of his driving prowess behind the wheel of some ultra high powered sports cars, no???

 

[DeluxAuto]

crazy.

“President or vice president, current or former: it doesn’t matter. None is allowed to drive a car on a public road.

The policy is enforced by the Secret Service, the government security arm tasked with the safety of those holding the highest public offices in the country. If a president wants to motor around, they have to do it as a passenger while an agent trained in evasive maneuvers is behind the steering wheel. (U.S. House and Senate members are generally subject to this policy as well.)

That’s not to say a president can never, ever drive. They would just have to do it on private property, something Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush took advantage of following their time in office: both got into cars on their respective ranches. Others might climb into a golf cart, which is generally permissible.“

Does that cover a self driving exploding Tesla?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

The argument that non-drivers unfairly subsidize drivers through general fund contributions ignores how much non-drivers gain from vehicle infrastructure.

Roads aren’t just for personal cars—they’re the backbone of a system everyone relies on. Non-drivers get food, water, medicine, and clothes delivered to stores and homes via trucks.

Emergency services like ambulances and fire trucks reach them fast because of roads. Mail, packages, and online orders show up at their door thanks to drivers and infrastructure. Public transit—buses, subways, shuttles—runs on or alongside roads, giving non-drivers mobility. Even sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic signals, which non-drivers use daily, are tied to road networks.

Raising car and gas taxes to “full cost” sounds fair until you realize drivers aren’t the only ones benefiting—everyone does. Non-drivers aren’t just footing the bill for “other people’s driving habits”; they’re funding a system that keeps society running, including their own lives.

If anything, drivers already pay a premium through vehicle taxes and fees for a network non-drivers use indirectly every day. Jacking up costs might cut driving, but it’d also hike prices for goods, slow emergency response, and strain transit—hitting non-drivers hardest. The current setup isn’t nonsense; it’s a shared investment in a connected world.

Getting drivers out private cars and onto mass transit or bicycles would free the road up for trucks and emergency vehicles.

Private cars are free riders, clogging up the system for no benefit. Even simple measures like charging the market rate for parking would get non-essential private cars off the public roads.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Moot point. It doesn't matter what the President is allowed to do. Donald Trump never drove before he was elected President. I don't think he knows how.

I wouldn't call it "thinking."

 

[KingDJT]

He owns a plane but he can't fly it.

Yup WRONG AGAIN but so typical of a commie!

https://carbuzz.com/president-trump-car-collection/

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I wouldn't call it "thinking."

Good point Ken, Trump doesn't really think about anything.

 

[TastySuckToy]

Getting drivers out private cars and onto mass transit or bicycles would free the road up for trucks and emergency vehicles.

And will remove the revenue generated by those drivers who no longer pay the additional taxes into the system, increasing the cost on non drivers and drivers alike.

Private cars are free riders, clogging up the system for no benefit.

They pay more taxes into the system than non drivers do, with the examples listed before.

Or are you so clueless, BSG, that you don't realize that drivers pay the same taxes as non drivers, plus all the additional taxes incurred by owning and operating a vehicle? You act like owning and operating a vehicle is free and doesn't incur significantly more expenses than not owning or operating one.

Even simple measures like charging the market rate for parking would get non-essential private cars off the public roads.

See my first point. Remove drivers off the road and you're directly hitting the revenue those drivers contribute, on top of paying what all non drivers contribute as well.

You seem to be operating under some ridiculous notion that drivers don't contribute to the cost of the system, even though they by definition pay exactly what non drivers do, plus all the additional costs of owning and operating their vehicles. Which includes a lot of taxes I cited before.

 

[jomar]

Another trump milestone - car salesman in chief

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Magatards are whining because nobody is buying teslas?

Time for all the trumptards to start buying them to show their patriotism.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Magatards are whining because nobody is buying teslas?

Time for all the trumptards to start buying them to show their patriotism.

Hell, Trump could help the US with it's climate change problems by driving MAGA to buy into EV's. He's already done something no Prime Minister has done since Mackenzie King....unite Canada.

Maybe there is a method in his madness........nah, even a broken clock is right twice a day....

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

He drives Titleists.

 

[KingDJT]

Magatards are whining because nobody is buying teslas?

Time for all the trumptards to start buying them to show their patriotism.

Were not doing any whining but we've sure been doing a bunch of laughing at you commies! Its just win win win for us and you losers, well, it cant be much fun and knowing its going to get a LOT worse makes it even better! But believe what you want, we voted for him to do eactly what hes doing, which is destroying your whole party, one commie at a time and exposing you criminals for the world to see before he does it! Life is GREAT really, thanks for asking! MARCH MADNESS let the fun begin!

 

[Lance_Castro]

He drives Titleists.

Titty Lists.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Titty Lists.

Those too!

 

[Bray123]

Yup WRONG AGAIN but so typical of a commie!

https://carbuzz.com/president-trump-car-collection/

Where in that article does it say he can fly a plane?

Typical MAGAtard.

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

He drives Titleists.

He drives companies into bankruptcy

 

[Justplainjeff]

Economic boycotts in the United States are still permitted in the United States, except most companies, by state law may not boycott the rogue nation of Israel, because that would be, you know, 'anti-Semitism'. They're called 'anti-BDS laws' and vary wildly by state.

Texas had their Anti-BDS declared unconstitutional for 'overreach'. When Hurricane Harvey hit a few years back, Texas officials tried to make disaster recovery aid contingent upon signing a binding pledge not to boycott the Israeli Reich.

I see by your very pro Hamas banter, you must really hate that the State of Israel just happens to be able to defend itself, denying you and your goose stepping pals the enjoyment of watching those diaper headed camel jockeys from trying to destroy the ONLY democracy in the Middle East.

 

[KingDJT]

IHe drives companies into bankruptcy

He's driving the democratic party to extinction is what he's doing! And it sure is fun to watch! Everything liberals stand for...bye bye!! MARCH MADNESS, the fun is just starting!

 

[DeluxAuto]

I see by your very pro Hamas banter, you must really hate that the State of Israel just happens to be able to defend itself, denying you and your goose stepping pals the enjoyment of watching those diaper headed camel jockeys from trying to destroy the ONLY democracy in the Middle East.

Justplaindumb is a fucking comprehension deprived idiot.