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Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Road degradation grows to the power of 4 with the weight of the vehicle: a car that weights 2 as much as another degrades the roads 16 times more. That seems to me like a good rule to guide vehicle taxing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

While I disagree with your point I love "Toad degradation"