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Re:The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s by ungreased0675 on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:50PM (#48623830)
My normal sized car is at a significant disadvantage in a collision with a full-sized SUV. This creates higher injury risk for me and my family.

Larger vehicles also cause more road damage over time, which raises my taxes or reduces the quality of roads I drive on.

For those reasons, I think vehicles should be taxed by weight, to encourage more smaller, lighter vehicles.

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Re:The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s by protocolture on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:07AM (#48625929)
>For those reasons, I think vehicles should be taxed by weight, to encourage more smaller, lighter vehicles.

I pay higher insurance and registration fees already, I think its covered where I am.

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Re:The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s by tinyplanets on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @05:22PM (#48651643)
And I guess anyone who doesn't want to buy a brodozer can go to hell, right?
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