c/denver_post_comments · by CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2y

Owners of large SUVs and trucks in Colorado could pay more to fund pedestrian safety measures

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/27/colorado-legislature-cars-trucks-pedestrians-safety/

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14 Comments

SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 2y

Good. I wish more people knew what a negative externality was. This isn’t government interference. It’s making the market work more efficiently by accounting for the true costs of big vehicles.

LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz · 16 pts · 2y (5 replies)

A new sedan that weighs 5,700 pounds would carry with it a maximum fee of $6.40. On the higher end, for light trucks or SUVs that weigh up between 8,500 and 9,499 pounds, the new fees would reach nearly $30. Commercial vehicles would be exempt from the measure.

That's not as much as I was expecting.

tomatobeard@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Yep, should be much more to provide incentive for purchasing smaller vehicles

isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

What sedan weighs almost 6000 lbs? My Elantra weighs almost 3000. Can't imagine a full-size sedan is double the weight?

Weylandyuta@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Probably something like my Kia niro. It's a hatchback/small SUV but it is a battery phev.

spongebue@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

A quick search tells me the Niro PHEV weighs about 3300 pounds. Meantime, my Bolt EUV (similar size BEV) tops out around 3700.

Weylandyuta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

No shit? I thought it was much heavier than that with the battery. Thanks for the update.

EasternLettuce@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (7 replies)

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Buffaloaf@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Cafe and chicken?

EasternLettuce@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y (5 replies)

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LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Hadn't heard of these before. Would you happen to have some links for further reading?

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Had to look up chicken tax myself; I had completely forgotten about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What a ride. Chicken as a delicacy. "Those chickens can't be healthy." Weirdly named tariffs. Rhodes scholar from Arkansas. There's more but I need to eat.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Hope you're having chicken

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Are the cars made of chicken?

angrymouse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Classic US. It's unsafe, would we prohibit? Noooo, muh freedom, we would only allow rich to buy.