okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month agoUS-styled large trucks linked to a higher risk of pedestrian deaths, Australian study findswww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down11
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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoCharge rego by the kilo, or by road surface area. It’s crazy that they cost the same to put on the road as a 900kg hatch.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoBonus points if you make the fee scale by weight to the fourth power, to match the relative impact it has on road wear
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAlso torso damage when you flatten a pedestrian.
minus-squareTrippaSnippa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoRego in NSW does scale by weight. Other states should bring that in if they don’t already. However, that hasn’t stopped yank tanks from flooding NSW roads. They should also require an LR licence since they are literally the size of a truck.
minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoThe damage to roads is proportional to the fourth power of weight, so it should scale to weight4.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt should be exponential too. That’s how road wear works, so make them pay in accordance to the damage it does to the roads.
Charge rego by the kilo, or by road surface area. It’s crazy that they cost the same to put on the road as a 900kg hatch.
Bonus points if you make the fee scale by weight to the fourth power, to match the relative impact it has on road wear
Also torso damage when you flatten a pedestrian.
Rego in NSW does scale by weight. Other states should bring that in if they don’t already. However, that hasn’t stopped yank tanks from flooding NSW roads. They should also require an LR licence since they are literally the size of a truck.
The damage to roads is proportional to the fourth power of weight, so it should scale to weight4.
It should be exponential too. That’s how road wear works, so make them pay in accordance to the damage it does to the roads.