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Re:Rivian R1T: First Drive in the Electric Pickup by PpEY4fu85hkQpn on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:22AM (#28690548)
The 4th Power Rule tells us that they are all doing bonkers amount of damage to roads. It's especially terrible considering very few truck owners actually use them for anything more than single-user commutes.

Trucks are such horrible deadly things for cities and should be either banned or prohibitively taxed for anyone who doesn't need them.

https://insidescience.org/index.php/news/how-much-damage-do-...

https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz...

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Re:Rivian R1T: First Drive in the Electric Pickup by Accujack on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:43AM (#28695238)
They are doing far, far less damage than heavy trucks, such as semi tractor-trailers or even box trucks with significant weight inside.

Even so, the goal here is to spend the resources to permit movement of goods and people... not to limit traffic to those vehicle types that do the least damage to the road. The road is there to be used, not admired.

If you really want 0 damage, work toward legalizing hovercraft on national highways.

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Re:Rivian R1T: First Drive in the Electric Pickup by PpEY4fu85hkQpn on Thursday September 30, 2021 @12:52AM (#28703316)
> They are doing far, far less damage than heavy trucks, such as semi tractor-trailers or even box trucks with significant weight inside.

Why on earth do you think it's ok to compare the damage done by industrial freight vehicles to personal transportation?

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