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I think the regulatory approach of making these sort of vehicles more expensive is a good one. I'd love to see this approach be adopted at the provincial level
by Tiktaalik 4y ago
I think the regulatory approach of making these sort of vehicles more expensive is a good one. I'd love to see this approach be adopted at the provincial level where I live.
There's going to be businesses that need this sort of vehicle and particular hobby enthusiasts will be willing to pay much more to have one, but regular people doing typical activities absolutely do not need these and we should dissuade them from buying vehicles that are so much more dangerous and polluting than others.
- ensignavenger 4y agoIf one can afford an F250 just for fun, $500/year ain't gonna affect nothing.
- bpye 4y agoMake the tax higher then.
- supertrope 4y agoA driver license endorsement for heavy vehicles would do more for safety than a tax.
- toss1 4y agoYup. I was definitely surprised at the puny suggested increases. If they are goint to increase registration costs, it should also not be merely "if >6000 Lbs, increase $500", but a formula steadily increasing the cost so that mfgrs don't merely post the 'official' curb weight 10Lbs under the threshold. So, something more like $10/year for every 100 Lbs over one ton curb weight. It'd be even better to do this via fees combined with a congestion tax system. This has worked very well for many cities to charge road use tolls higher in congested times, therefore motivating people to not use vehicles if they can avoid it. In this case, just increase the costs based also on vehicle weight, so the heavy vehicles have higher fees even at 3AM. Plus, this will avoid people avoiding it by registering their beast at their out-of-city home, or their brother's address or something.
- _dain_ 4y agoeven tradesmen don't need trucks with these monstrous front grilles that block visibility. kei trucks, transit vans, etc do not have this problem and are used by millions.