Comment on Paris votes to crack down on SUVs | Non-Parisians will be charged almost $20 per hour to park large gas or hybrid vehicles within the city center in a bid to address pedestrian safety and air pollu...

• WhiteHawk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They can, but will they?

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You said “have to”. They don’t have to. You’re now talking about whether they “want to” - which is now a question of whether they want to keep money in their wallet.

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    • WhiteHawk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t be pedantic. I meant that they have to buy a new car if they want to keep driving, which most of them probably will, since they wouldn’t be driving in the first place if there was a better alternative

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      • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I said “want to”, and I meant “want to”. I don’t consider it pedantry - Everyone has a choice.

        • People looking to buy their first car (or replace a junker) can either get an SUV, or a sedan. This legislation tips their decision.
        • People who own a car (because they live in an area that needs it) that happens to be an SUV, and are then planning to go into Paris, can choose to instead drive to a local train station, and make the rest of their trip using local means.
        • People who live inside of Paris can choose not to buy a car at all; or just stop using the SUV they bought earlier after deciding it was a bad fit for their area.

        There’s perhaps a fringe case of people that can afford two cars, own one SUV, and still insist on driving into the city - whether that means stomaching the fee, or buying a second car. That is very much a “want”, one that increasingly dense cities cannot easily cater to. I’d even say there’s not a huge demographic of people who could decide to buy a second car purely for this situation.

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