Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People are surprisingly unkeen on tracking in their car. So kilometers driven wouldn’t work.

  I’d say just go with a fee based on the weight of the vehicle, exponential of course. We need fewer heavy cars, fewer kilometers driven in just a side effect. And as a bonus effect maybe I’d be able to buy an EV without a range that’s 8 times what I actually need.

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  • rcbrk@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Eh, people can submit odometer readings once a year with their rego renewal.

    Honesty based should be good enough. Penalties can apply if you’re caught tampering or severely underreporting.

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