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Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” (kottke.org)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Taxing vehicles by weight is an interesting solution. I feel like it'd have to be non-linear, though. Start at like 0 tax owed at 2500 pounds and go up from there.

[–] Sallp 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And would need an exception for the people who actuality need a big truck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who actually need a big truck should be willing to pay for it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agree. How much do they actually need it? If it's a real need they can pay for the extra costs borne by the infrastructure.

[–] yosata 1 points 1 year ago

While I agree in principle, this does pose a problem for electric vehicles with their heavy battery packs.

Road taxes where I live (Netherlands) are already based on the car weight and also on type of fuel. Electric cars are exempt from road taxes, for now.