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Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If you would tax cars by weight, people would stop buying bigger cars and/or you’d have more money for road repairs.

[–] LainTrain 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nah, people will just stop buying EVs and buy bigger ICE cars. Everyone's out for themselves now and a car to our leadbrained elders is like mold to JKR - a safe haven, a fortress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Road degradation grows to the power of 4 with the weight of the vehicle: a car that weights 2 as much as another degrades the roads 16 times more. That seems to me like a good rule to guide vehicle taxing.

[–] LainTrain 2 points 2 months ago

While I disagree with your point I love "Toad degradation"