I just think they should cost more, be taxed more, and be forbidden to park in certain areas.
This won’t help with rich assholes who want to drive around an F-950 or whatever, but will make groceries more expensive.
What really needs to happen is to mandate a special license to drive anything over like 2500 kg, and only be able to register it to a business with a valid use-case. To get a “small car” license (B-type), you have to pass an easy theory exam and drive around a tiny sedan around a city for 30 minutes (at least in europe). Trucks have different driving characteristics and are way more dangerous, so the driving tests should be way more difficult too.
Also, maybe this?
Oh, also, ban private cars in cities. Like, completely. Cars are so dangerous that their amount in populated areas needs to be kept to an absolute minimum.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They already cost more and considering they have worse gas mileage, they paying more taxes on fuel as well.
I agree with the parking though, back of the lot with ya.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
in reality most (all?) states in the US don’t charge more for vehicle registration, and even when they do, the thresholds are really high. So a F-150 weighing over 5000 lbs may pay the same as a Honda Civic weighing half of that.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Texas used to, maybe still does. You made me try to look it up and couldn’t find a simple source. Plenty of states use MRSP or some measure of the vehicle’s value.
Back in the day (Tulsa, OK) my friend had a 2-ton dump truck with antique tags (over 25-yo), paid $20. Meanwhile, someone buying a super-light Corvette was paying $650. (early 90s money)
I say go on weight, maybe some factoring of value. Registration fees are paying for roads, if your monster vehicle is doing more damage, you pay more.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Fuel taxes are paying for roads.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah my state taxes you based on MSRP too. $25 per $1000 of value, 10% of MSRP value after 5 years.
So if your MSRP was 50K, it’s $125 forever.
bluGill@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
The F350 is the smallest vehicle where they charge by weight. Unfortunately they don't check for how much you use it, so for the 6 times a year I use mine I'm paying $.10/mile - while someone else who uses it for hauling as a job is paying $.01/mile.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s your state. Just looked and registration fees and tags are all over the place.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If they’re EVs they’re heavier, causing more road wear, and don’t pay gas taxes
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Except in NJ where you get raked over the coals for your yearly car tax… errr… “registration”.
It’s the damnest thing; they seem to lose my vehicle registration every year but my marriage registration is good indefinitely.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The higher ev registration fee is to offset the fact that you pay no gas tax which is the main source of paying for roads.