[erikaww]

Car makers would adjust but road freight would fight this tooth and nail

[Groxx]

If only we had other technologies for moving heavy things without using concrete roads

[nradov]

The USA already moves a higher percentage of freight by rail than almost any other country. But rail could never work for time-sensitive loads or last mile delivery.

[yyyk]

Horses? I don't see how you really solve last mile.

[gruez]

Drones? For last mile delivery roads are the only game in town.

[stefan_]

Technology that was infinitely more efficient and safer, even

[blibble]

the freight has more axles, and you could set the baseline weight by vehicle class

but maybe this would just incentivise the sort of person that buys an F150 to drive to the shops to simply to upgrade to a big rig (for the tax saving?!)

[bobbylarrybobby]

Segregating regulations by vehicle class is how the CAFE laws failed. Make your vehicle a “light truck” and now you can give it much worse mileage.

No, you just have to charge in proportion to damage done and let the economics work out how they will.

[dataflow]

Good point, but one could probably easily treat freight vehicles differently.

[coryrc]

No, they should be paying for their damage. Bring back local railroads if it's a problem. Add more axles, move less at once.