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Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by tyingq on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @06:43PM (#15445931)
>As far as wear and tear on the highway: that's what weigh stations are for.

That doesn't create a system where trucks pay taxes roughly proportional to the damage they do.

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Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by daniel-cussen on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @06:50PM (#15445959)
I remember reading the damage a vehicle does is roughly proportional to the fourth power of its weight.
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Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by tyingq on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @07:16PM (#15446076)
There's a pretty good chart here, near the bottom: http://pedalfortcollins.com/greatest-demand-on-tax-dollars/
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Re:Will automation put an end to the American trucker? by saosebastiao on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:23PM (#15446866)
Kinda. Has more to do with axle load than total weight.

You could also say that the research is pretty incomplete. All the known studies have been performed at highway speeds...it's entirely plausible that speed exaggerates the damage disparity.

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