Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co...
by WalterBright on Sunday September 25, 2016 @04:43PM
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Long haul trucking should be replaced by trains anyway. Heavy trucks are the primary cause of expensive highway damage, and are environmentally destructive with all the fuel, tire dust, etc. The reason trucks are economically viable at all is they shift their costs to the taxpayer, who pays for the highways.
(A truck loaded to the legal limit inflicts 9,000 times as much fatigue damage to the road as a car, and trucks are often overloaded.)
I propose that the government drastically increase weight fees for highway use, and use the revenue to subsidize freight trains. (The truck container can just be picked up and dropped on a flatbed rail car.)
(A truck loaded to the legal limit inflicts 9,000 times as much fatigue damage to the road as a car, and trucks are often overloaded.)
I propose that the government drastically increase weight fees for highway use, and use the revenue to subsidize freight trains. (The truck container can just be picked up and dropped on a flatbed rail car.)
Trucks for the last mile are still necessary.