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As we have seen, the heavier vehicles do disproportionately more damage than a lighter vehicle. If you road repair, tax by a formula of weight and mileage if y
by tankerdude 8y ago
As we have seen, the heavier vehicles do disproportionately more damage than a lighter vehicle. If you road repair, tax by a formula of weight and mileage if you must.
Having a driver if a hummer pay the same taxes based upon miles driven versus a a VW bug really doesn’t make sense when we know the stress put in the road by the hummer is substantially more.
Lastly, for LA, having a disincentive to have an emissions free car while driving just gets the air quality even worse.
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- User23 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weigh_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weigh_station
- dannyw 8y agoFor context, a loaded truck does more than 10,000x the amount of damage as a normal car. The damage is the 4th power of the axel. If tolls and road usage taxes were fair and proportionate, you should be paying a $0.01 toll while trucks should be paying $100. Source: AASHO Road Test
- wtvanhest 8y agoRoad damage is part of the equation (repair costs), the other part is congestion (capital costs for additional capacity).
- kwhitefoot 8y agoIt's not the Hummer that is causing the damage to the roads. It is the big trucks. See for instance: https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weight-vs-road-damage-levels/ https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...