> Exempting pickup trucks and SUVs from emissions laws
> Lack of vehicle safety laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists
> A mortgage interest deduction drives suburban sprawl
> Pedestrians have limited ability to sue drivers
> Pedestrians can’t sue car makers for defects
> Hit and runs are rarely prosecuted
> Out-of-pocket car expenses don’t cover the cost of roads
> That’s right: Registration fees, rising gas prices, insurance, and toll booths don’t come close to covering the cost of roadways. The federal gas tax hasn’t gone up since 1993, under-pacing inflation along with state gas taxes. The difference is recouped with universal taxes that pay no attention to how often a person drives.
-- https://stacker.com/society/how-driving-subsidized-america
Also: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/study-car-ownership-c... , https://medium.com/radical-urbanist/cars-gets-billions-in-hi... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180092...
When we’re talking about government services that literally everyone uses multiple times over it stops being a subsidy and starts being “we all pay for it collectively.”