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There should be a tax on vehicle models proportional to how dangerous they are to others, whether that be other drivers, or cyclists, or pedestrians. Heavier c
by TulliusCicero 5y ago
There should be a tax on vehicle models proportional to how dangerous they are to others, whether that be other drivers, or cyclists, or pedestrians.
Heavier cars pay more, lighter cars pay less. Cars with better collision avoidance tech pay less, cars with none of that pay more. Longer braking distance pays more, shorter braking distance pays less, etc.
- ridaj 5y agoThat has to be factored into insurance rates already
- TulliusCicero 5y agoApparently not well enough, since cars keep getting heavier and road deaths keep going up.
- ridaj 5y agoTax isn't a remedy to everything I guess
- TulliusCicero 5y agoIf you made it a tax, you could make it punitive enough to dangerous vehicles to really change behavior/design.
- m463 5y agoCalifornia already taxes trucks (like this one) based on weight.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoGood. But we should just have an overall "danger score" that sets the tax. Let companies compete to minimize their danger score.
- topkai22 5y agoPerhaps ironically, the biggest pedestrian/cyclists tax would fall on EVs, as they seem to be involved in more accidents due to pedestrians/cyclists not hearing them.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoIf that's true, then I'm all for it. The tax itself would be an incentive to fix that issue. Though recent hybrids and EV's have to emit a fairly loud sound when running electric only. I have a hybrid CR-V and it sounds sort of like a chorus just going "AAAAAAAAAAAAAA".
- rconti 5y agoCitation?
- loeg 5y ago> [EVs] seem to be involved in more accidents due to pedestrians/cyclists not hearing them. Big citation needed on that claim. I don't think car/ped collisions are frequently avoided on the basis of hearing engine noise.
- thrill 5y agohttps://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-03721/p-70 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-03721/p-70
- TulliusCicero 5y agoNitpick: GP said EV's, this says hybrids. But yes, same basic reasoning.
- loeg 5y agoWow, 20% is huge! I wonder if any of that is due to low profile aerodynamic designs on hybrids with big A-pillar blindspots, rather than noise?