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Yes, but not at nearly the right levels to actually be proportional to the road damage caused. Here's a chart of actual registration fees in NY, for example [1
by mdorazio 10y ago
Yes, but not at nearly the right levels to actually be proportional to the road damage caused. Here's a chart of actual registration fees in NY, for example [1]. If we were actually charging fees corresponding to weight-induced damage, an 18,000 pound truck would have a registration fee in the thousands of dollars, not the <$300 it actually is.
[1] https://dmv.ny.gov/registration/commercial-vehicle-registration-fees-vehicle-use-taxes-and-supplemental-fees https://dmv.ny.gov/registration/commercial-vehicle-registrat...
- Someone 10y agoIf you really want to tax damage caused, you have to measure distance driven over public roads, and to be really precise, also the load of the vehicle (empty trucks aren't as bad for the road as fully loaded ones), and the way the truck is driven (aggressive acceleration and deceleration damages roads more) I guess that would make the fee for trucks even higher, as trucks generally make more miles than private cars.