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> If that weight difference results in a noticeable tax difference, then lorries will be virtually priced off the road due to the tax. That’s a red herring. Lo
by kergonath 3y ago
> If that weight difference results in a noticeable tax difference, then lorries will be virtually priced off the road due to the tax.
That’s a red herring. Lorries don’t have to be taxed the same way as cars, and actually most of the time are not.
- michpoch 3y agoThey absolutely are taxed much heavier than most cars. Truck are charged on most highways in European Union, I expect UK has similar system. They pay per-km driven.
- kergonath 3y agoI am addressing the “but higher taxes will put companies out of business because lorries” straw man that appears a couple of times in the discussion. Taxes for family cars and for professional vehicles are effectively decoupled and can be adjusted independently.
- maxerickson 3y agoIf all cars are responsible for some small fraction of road damage, it probably isn't going to have much impact to carefully apportion that fraction of the damage.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago> That’s a red herring. Lorries don’t have to be taxed the same way as cars, and actually most of the time are not. Yes, but I can see it being unpopular to introduce a "road repair" tax that is justified based on drivers paying for the damage that they cause to roads and then not apply the same rules to the vehicles that cause the majority of the damage.