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by xenonite 2300 days ago
Indeed, trucks greatly damage roads. For example a 2 tonnes car has 2 axles, hence a=1 tonne per axle. A 20 tonnes truck with 2 axles has b=10 tonnes per axle. Then, the road damage per axle increases by a power of four [1], i.e., by (b/a)^4=10000.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vierte-Potenz-Gesetz