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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by ghaff on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:28PM (#37325677)
I suspect that, in the US, there's a pretty strong bias to maximizing the comfort for the first and second person rather than being able to squeeze one more passenger in.
Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by bombcar on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:35PM (#37325800)
Exactly this. All vehicles are sold to people who buy new vehicles and that cohort is more alike than they’d like to admit.

Commercial vehicles still have some variation because the purchaser is not the driver.