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Agreed. Road damage scales as the _fourth power_ of the axle weight. That's bonkers, you don't see that exponent in many phenomena. The question is how to move
by myself248 5y ago
Agreed. Road damage scales as the _fourth power_ of the axle weight. That's bonkers, you don't see that exponent in many phenomena.
The question is how to move the funds around, as state taxes and road funding stop at state borders, but vehicles don't. And of course states will have a patchwork of registration rules, and won't share money with each other. So the trucking industry will lobby some state to be a tax haven, and all trucks will just be registered there.
If only we had some sort of organization that allows states to solve issues that happen between states, like a larger government function...
- pacificmint 5y ago> Road damage scales as the _fourth power_ of the axle weight. I’ve seen numbers that state the road damage caused by one truck is equivalent to several ten thousand cars. (Usually numbers between 10k and 40k). That seemed hard to believe when I first heard it, but the fourth power you mention is the explanation for that insane number.
- myself248 5y agohttps://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-trucks-do-our-roads https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-...