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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by goatinaboat on Saturday November 21, 2020 @03:47PM (#25172635)
This is true, but some portion of road maintenance costs is independent from vehicle-caused wear-and-tear on the actual road surface.

A lot it is caused (around here anyway) by water permeating and expanding as it freezes.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by nl on Saturday November 21, 2020 @07:46PM (#25173879)
Not much of that happens in Victoria, and even less in South Australia.

In South Australia we get temperature below zero maybe once every 10 years.

Victoria has some snowfields, but they are a relativity small area.

Bitumen damage from melting is a real issue though. See the pics on https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-05/melting-road-in-far-n...

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by girvo on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:18PM (#25174036)
In Australia, the heat melting the bitumen is infinitely more likely than water damage.
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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by 1123581321 on Saturday November 21, 2020 @04:43PM (#25172961)
Road wear creates the variations that ice exacerbates.
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