All taxation & fees related to utilizing the public works is bullshit, but... if you're gonna tax citizens fairly, by-the-mile is more logical than what we've got. Approximate marginal wear & tear your own use contributes to the roads.
But everything we have ever seen about governments means we can't trust them with this information. Ever.
Read somewhere that EVs eat tires up faster because they’re heavier and so if they’re heavier there’s gotta be more wear and tear on the road I would think. Therefore should be taxed higher, but they’ll make it the burden of the ICE owners.
Yes indeed
Yeah, the article didn't go so much into the tire issue. At least the one I read. It was talking about the increased damage to the roads since EVs are so much heavier.
The one I read zeroed in on an increase of rubber nanoparticles being emitted due to the heavier weight of an EV.
The current system is far fairer than anything that is going to be implemented because of EVs. The current system is also the most secure in terms of privacy.
But what about if they let you buy roads and gain passive income off of them.
Instead of the government road slumlord it could be you!
Like turnpikes? Turnpikes were originally private roads/routes.
disagree... for instance Alaska / Montana / etc have roads with almost ZERO use that require rebuilding every year
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