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Re:Crash tests show nation's guardrail system can't handle h... by baggachipz on Thursday February 01, 2024 @09:07AM (#39216026)
It's barely a blip on the radar compared to the large trucking industry, whose tractor-trailers cause about 2500 times the wear and tear on road compared to a car[1].

[1] https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-...

Re:Crash tests show nation's guardrail system can't handle h... by bluGill on Thursday February 01, 2024 @09:24AM (#39216226)
for main roads. However for back roads and residential streets the road is designed assuming only a few semis per year (mostly moving trucks which are already lighter than average) and so the heavy car every day is a much larger share of the wear.