Funny thing about markets though, when you put fees on SUVs that just means the prices on used SUVs will go down, and so you’ll have fees being leveed on only the poorest who have no choice but to buy the cheapest car they can find and the richest who don’t care about the fee.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 4 months ago
They can still buy used regular cars.
CaptainProton@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s a very ivory-Tower retort - ‘they can still buy regular cars’.
If you can barely put food on the table and NEED a car (eg for work), and nearly nothing in your bank account, do you spend $3000 on a sedan or $1000 on an equally good SUV?
Second hand market prices are extremely demand driven, the equilibrium average cost tends not to change much without a change in overall supply - this just shifts the balance pushing SUVs to the bottom of the market.
wraithcoop@lemmy.one 4 months ago
Can you give an example of a job you would need a car for in Paris?
CaptainProton@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Tradespeople, they generally own their own tools and bring several boxes to even a basic job, plenty of jobs where you don’t need a dedicated truck.
My time in Paris was before we had kids, so I don’t know about the logistics there, but in NYC where I did not even think about owning a car for years it’s Very difficult without a car, and there are no more than a few neighborhoods with everything is actually available locally.
Also anyone just starting their business who doesn’t have a purpose built vehicle yet - breaking into catering, flower shop, etc.