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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A tax on vehicle axle weight proportional to the damage done to roads (which goes up exponentially with weight).

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Vehicle fee based on some combination of size, weight, and miles driven would be the fairest.

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Miles driven is just taken care of in fuel taxes. Sales tax on size, yearly tax based on weightwould be perfect I think.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yes, something that attempts to assess cost proportional to impact

[–] Loudergood 3 points 11 months ago

EVs break this.

[–] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

Happens many places in Europe already.