Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them

Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by veggieWHITES on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:00PM (#41419358)

A tax would make it even more dystopian. Imagine the rich paying for the right to murder people on the road.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by nothercastle on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:14PM (#41419479)

How is that any different than the current situation? It will just cost more.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by baq on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:13PM (#41419469)

1) always has been 2) ask them, they’ll tell you the rational explanation that from their perspective it’s irresponsible to not be the heaviest car on the road

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by energy123 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:40PM (#41420206)

I don't care about your ideology. Tax works as a solution to deter behavior you don't want and raise revenue which can be spent on good things that make society function.

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by unstatusthequo on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:50PM (#41420282)

Nah there are other solutions to life’s problems than just taxes. HN loves taxing stuff. Don’t know why this site is stuck in single channel thinking.

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