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CameronDev@programming.dev 9 months agoI think you make want to go the other way. Making tires more expensive wont make people choose smaller cars, they will choose worse tires. And then they will crash into you because they cant stop.
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s a good rule not to make essential safety items more expensive. Because consumers in general will always choose a cheaper, less safe option.
jdeath@lemm.ee 9 months ago
yeah if anything a subsidy for safer tires and doing proper maintenance on brakes and other safety system would be what you want.
what is subsidized, there is more of than there otherwise would be
and the opposite is true for what is taxed.