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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)

submitted 8 months ago by boem to c/technology

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[–] filister 51 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (20 children)

Judging by the general trend I don't think this is happening anytime soon. The overall car industry is obsessed with even bigger cars.

And even in Europe it is sickening to see those half buses on our roads. And this is especially true for big cities, where parking space is very limited and usually those cars occupy park space for 1.5-2 cars.

And knowing that the fertility rate is really going down I wonder what justifies those cars.

[–] realitista 33 points 8 months ago (14 children)

That's because the USA subsidizes bigger trucks as "work vehicles". This practice needs to stop and they need to be taxed more than smaller vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (9 children)

That’s because the USA subsidizes bigger trucks as “work vehicles”.

Can you cite this? Don't get me wrong, I understand that if it's actually a work vehicle you probably get some tax credits/breaks, but I highly doubt many consumers are getting these breaks for buying large vehicles.

[–] Terces 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo?feature=shared

Not op, but I really liked this video, as it explains quite a bit. It is of course a biased video, but still...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I watched most of the video, it's primarily about safety. It's says the growth is mainly due to the regulations not applying the same to light trucks, which SUVs are classified as. This seems to contradict the claim that I was asking about.

If there is something about the state subsidizing the vehicles and I missed it, I would appreciate a time stamp. Noone needs to convince me that suvs are unsafe and an environmental disaster.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In the US it is called the 179 deduction. For trucks over 6, 000 lb gross vehicle weight you can deduct the total price for the year the truck is put in service.