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I wish something could be done about vehicle size and peoples driving characteristics. Parking spaces haven’t gotten any bigger in my experience and vehicles ar
by ianai 7y ago
I wish something could be done about vehicle size and peoples driving characteristics. Parking spaces haven’t gotten any bigger in my experience and vehicles are like millimeters of tolerance. People drive so crazy violently, too. You need to have something comparable in size to “get respect.”
- WorldMaker 7y agoRoad taxes should be made commensurate to vehicle size/weight (as they were originally intended to be, as size/weight of vehicle cohort is a major determinate in road maintenance costs). Most SUVs and pickup truck are specifically engineered to be exactly as large as they can be before some states' truck tax laws start to charge taxes by size/weight. With gas taxes shrinking due to EV sales, it's probably past time for states to reconsider these loopholes in their truck tax laws for "personal trucks" (as opposed to commercial vehicles), and start charging SUVs and oversized pickup trucks for the road maintenance penalty they deserve.
- bryanlarsen 7y agoEven worse, they take advantage of the benefits and skip most of the drawbacks. For example, vehicles over 6000 pounds are prohibited on California streets. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/08/california-s-secret-suv-ban.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/08/california-s-sec...