Countries Eye Weight Tax To Counter Public Safety Threat Of Extremely Heavy, Large EVs
Countries Eye Weight Tax To Counter Public Safety Threat Of Extremely Heavy, Large EVs
The United States is already a global leader in traffic-related fatalities, with a thirty-percent jump in the last decade. That’s in contrast to every other developed country, which saw a…
Much like Tesla’s half-baked and severely misrepresented self-driving technologies, it seems pretty clear we’re going to let the corpses pile up first, then maybe figure out policy solutions down the road a decade after the fact. Surely that will work out great for everybody involved. Especially cyclists and pedestrians already traversing overtly hostile transit design on the daily.
Garbage article. Completely manufactured conclusions on the article's author not even supported by they "supporting" links. I read 3 of the "supporting" are articles and one is straight up an opinion piece, and the other supposed sources contradict the techdirt article suggesting EVs are getting singled out. Its the opposite, heavy vehicles in general, and EVs are actually getting a pass in some cases. In one case the author claims EVs are getting extra scrutiny and the very next line shows that its nothing specifically about EVs, but all heavy vehicles regardless of how they're powered.
Don't waste your time on this one.
You're pretty angry about a piece that shares a few facts and opines that governments typically don't do anything meaningful until people start dying.
Nah, not angry. Its presented as a news article presenting factual evidence. Not only doesn't it present facts, its own sources contradict the author's conclusions.
Its a waste of time to consume it.
until people start dying.
...and you're doing the same thing. Heavy vehicles aren't new. Vehicle design isn't new. The outrage presented in the article, and your incendiary statement, have existed for decades. Why are you only now outraged?