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The tax should be in proportion to the damage done to the road by the vehicle. So there should be a weight-of-the-vehicle factor in the tax calculation. I doubt
by delichon 3y ago
The tax should be in proportion to the damage done to the road by the vehicle. So there should be a weight-of-the-vehicle factor in the tax calculation. I doubt that the function of weight to damage is linear, so the tax shouldn't be either. Type of tire and their surface area to the road may be worth including too, since a heavier six wheeler may do the same damage as a lighter four wheeler.
I wonder if trucks would pay more than they do now if road costs are divided like this.
- gnicholas 3y agoYup, weight is important for sure, and it is quite nonlinear. That could mean that most consumer vehicles don't vary that greatly compared with 18-wheelers. Since those mostly use diesel, perhaps this could be roughly addressed by changing the tax on diesel fuel. But that would end up being terrible for the relatively small number of folks with diesel small cars (we once had a TDI Golf!).