> However, this won't have much impact on SUVs directly
Why not?
Even an increase from 1.5 tons to 2 tons results in 3.16x the damage on the road.
Why not?
Even an increase from 1.5 tons to 2 tons results in 3.16x the damage on the road.
Maybe one way round it is to have tax bands for heavy commercial vehicles and weight-based tax for cars and SUVs.
Edit: thought I'd try to work out an example of pricing.
If a fourth power tax rate on weight works out to a £100 difference between 2 tons and 1.5 tons, then an 8 ton vehicle would be paying over £37,000
That’s a red herring. Lorries don’t have to be taxed the same way as cars, and actually most of the time are not.
Yes, but I can see it being unpopular to introduce a "road repair" tax that is justified based on drivers paying for the damage that they cause to roads and then not apply the same rules to the vehicles that cause the majority of the damage.