[samemail88]

The government can levy large taxes on new big vehicles just like they did with cigarettes. If the largest SUVs had a 25% tax on it, I think most people will not buy it (basically limiting it). Or if the gas prices went to $10 a gallon, people will ditch their big vehicles.

[bombcar]

The government can just directly subsidize the vehicles they like, as they are attempting to do with electric cars.

Define a weight and drop taxes/offer refunds for people who buy them, see more of them appear.

[celtain]

The government should tax/regulate things that have negative externalities, and the greater the externality, the harsher the restrictions should be.

Subsidizing smaller cars is a bad idea because they still have negative externalities, just less so. The government shouldn't be favoring driving a small car over walking, but that's exactly what a small (or electric) car subsidy does.

The reason we subsidize EVs instead of taxing gas-powered cars is because the latter is politically unpopular, not because the former is a better designed policy.

[ibejoeb]

Sure. The post says nothing about that though. Just a bunch of baseless assertions about cars being bigger than ever, but the '90s versions were super comfortable. OK.

> Consumers who fear for their safety and buy big cars and rest assure nobody else will be driving an even bigger car.

Sounds like a middle-schooler banging out a 3-point persuasive essay asap so he can use the rest of the time to play drug wars on his ti-82.