A monitoring system that determines vehicle position and fuel consumption
in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings. The system includes a
vehicle having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy
source. The system also includes a positioning system for generating the
present position information of the vehicle. The information includes
latitude and longitude data points. Additionally, the system includes a
fuel monitoring device in the fuel reservoir, whereby the fuel monitoring
means generates information including the present level of fuel in the
fuel reservoir. Also, a data collection device for collecting the present
position information and the present level of fuel information. Finally,
the system includes a processor located at a remote site from the vehicle,
the processor receives data from the collecting device. The processor
determines when the vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border and computes the
fuel consumption in the jurisdiction, the fuel consumption data can then
be later used to compute the fuel tax.
