Mothertruckers

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jabber wins the second round of "Make Rafe Stab Himself In the Face Due To The Stupidity Of Others" for today by sharing the news that SUV & Truck Sales Spiked in October.

Go, read. The article is as snarky as anything I'd say on the subject.

Props (and a hearty "Welcome Back!") to xany_hellion for ditching Optimus Prime's Dodge Workboot in favor of a Prius. I'm edging up towards 33MPG in Zim these days myself.

Comments

Re: Fine.

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Fine, getting a CDL isn't that much harder to get than a regular drivers license. And if it would get a lot of people who shouldn't be driving in the first place off the road, then I'm all for it. For that matter, let's make it a requirement to have a driver's license to even *own* a car. And as for obeying commercial traffic laws...sure, why not? =8-)

In what fantasy world are you to say that 6500 pound vehicles are unnecessary or wasteful for a single passenger with or without haulage? Why draw the line at 6500? Let's lower that -- anything over a motorcycle or perhaps a quad is unnecessary and wasteful for a single passenger with no haulage. Don't say that's too low -- the technology exists to do it and you damn well know it.

Let's eliminate SUV, station wagons, mid-size sedans, mini-vans, luxury sedans and pretty much everything except an economy sub-compact with a hybrid engine. Your Zim is unnecessary and wasteful for a single passenger with no haulage. So was your Audi, the SVX and even the "icebox." (how heavy was that?)

While we're at it, let's eliminate school buses. And sport cars too, I mean hell, they guzzle gas like you wouldn't believe. Might as well drop the speed limit everywhere to 30mph or less.

If you want to make a *serious* dent -- tax the hell out of gasoline like they do with cigarettes in NY. If you've got the money to buy and maintain the vehicle and you can afford the gas, drive whatever makes you happy. Tax the crap out of the gas -- Exxon can make profits still and the government gets a chunk to help maintain the roads, pay for fuel research or what have you. (for what it's worth, that's how it's done in singapore -- heavy import tax on cars, certificate of entitlement to own a car for 10 years, annual road tax and super expensive fuel).