Cardiff set to impose SUV parking premium after council approval

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• FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not really an SUV premium; it’s a heavy vehicle premium. This makes some sense, as heavier vehicles tend to be bigger and therefore require more space to park. But it would make more sense to have vehicle weight feature as part of car tax and actual vehicle size feature as part of parking permits, since that’s the variable that affects how much parking they require. Using either of these as a proxy for pollution (as is alluded to) is an awful idea, as electric vehicles tend to be larger and heavier than equivalent petrol ones.

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  • luisgutz@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not to mention that road degradation grows exponentially with the weight.

    For instance, the damage caused by a 1 tom car is the equivalent of 160,000 cycle trips! And a 2 ton car will damage the road 16 times more than a 1 ton car.

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    • KitB@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Given how much heavier freight vehicles are than any passenger car, what percentage of road damage do they cause, given the damage seems to grow at O(n^16) ?

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You know, that does make me think thst laybe with BEVs coming out, they should maybe use a stronger road material.

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