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by eldaisfish 777 days ago
Tying a tax to distance travelled requires accurate reporting of distance travelled. How is that not a perverse incentive?
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We shouldn't care if you want to buy a 10,000 lb electric truck if you leave it parked in your driveway all year round. If we're not taxing based on distance then the perverse incentive is to drive big trucks until they fall to pieces.
Easy in places where it requires annual safety checks
which is really most anywhere these days, is it not? having lived in different states in different countries, this was always the case for me, but then again that's still a small sample size