Posted on 01/23/2021 2:40:38 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
This aids people with gas guzzler cars and hurts people from rural areas which it likely is designed to do.
well, by antique I just mean cars old enough to not be compatible. They have been trying for years to black box people. Insurance companies do, in the promise of lowering rates. Thing is, if I am a safe defensive driver, I don’t need no black box and my rates should already be good because no tickets/accidents. But they got rid of a lot of old cars with the cash for clunkers, which I really think was a big part of what they wanted- less people in older easier to fix and not compatible cars.
The gas nor diesel tax come even remotely close to paying for the damages done by heavy duty vehicles vs light duty vehicles. The avg class 8 truck at 60,000lbs GVW gets 6 to 8 mpg of diesel yet it does 5000 times the wear of a lighy duty pick up truck also buring diesel taxed at the same rate at 20mpg.
Here is the science
https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/CED-79-94
https://www.gao.gov/assets/130/127292.pdf
Class 8 trucks should be charged by the mile based on current axle weight to account for the actual wear and tear they are causing. Same for electric vehicles which pay no fuel tax they should pay per mile based on gross vehicle weight. Conservatives should be 100 percent behind personal responsibility and pay for what you actually use. End the corporate welfare for class 8 trucks and charge them for the damages they actually cause.
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