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Kind of unfair if you are actually using it then though? I'm not in the US and don't have an SUV, but I sort of sympathise with that. You could have it not appl
by OJFord 2y ago
Kind of unfair if you are actually using it then though? I'm not in the US and don't have an SUV, but I sort of sympathise with that. You could have it not apply/be tax deductible for applicable businesses or something though, that would go some way.
Or maybe better to charge a big daily tariff for driving it in metro areas? So if it's only being 'actually used' it will never hit the tariff, whoever you are, business or not, and however rich. But if you take it between school, Wholefoods, and the soccer field, bam. (I don't know if the infrastructure to do that is common in the US though, I'm imagining like London's U/LEZ & congestion charge.)
- hnav 2y agoYeah, because the country is so heterogeneous, this push has to come from major metros charging people for doing truck things. What makes sense in a dense city doesn't really apply in bumfuck nowhere which is 99% of the country. You can see in San Francisco when a new wave of migration occurs because suddenly the streets are littered with Lariats and Raptors.
- MBCook 2y agoWhy should driving a sedan only be safe in a city? Trucks worked fine 40 years ago. I don’t see why they need to be the insane size they are today. I’m not saying they all have to be the size of a Miata or something. The industry taught people to want giant monstrosities because it saved them money. I don’t think they’re inherently superior and trying to control the size is de facto making them worse. Where lines are drawn is for lawmakers. I can see business needing big trucks. Maybe put them behind a tougher license. I don’t know. The status who is insane. I moved up from an Accord because SUVs had hoods above my roofline. My little SUV isn’t much better. It’s an arms race and we need to do something.