A very interesting thing I learned once is that road damage occurs at the 4th power of the weight. Every doubling of weight is 16 times more road damage. This

A very interesting thing I learned once is that road damage occurs at the 4th power of the weight. Every doubling of weight is 16 times more road damage. This drove home how much the road damage is probably almost all large trucks. > The math works out that an empty 18-wheeler causes 80,000 times more damage than my plug-in. When it’s fully loaded, it causes 208,000 time more damage. Both reports conclude that heavy trucks cause over 99 percent of the road and bridge damage, yet the trucking industry contributes only 35 percent of the road taxes. https://www.concordmonitor.com/Wear-and-tear-on-the-roads-23497239 https://www.concordmonitor.com/Wear-and-tear-on-the-roads-23...