I do largely agree, but the current problem with the ideas for putting up taxes on larger/less economical vehicles is that it tends to penalise those who a. use them for sensible reasons at least some of the time, such as those living in rural areas who need them for their work, or to get to their homes in the winter, and who can't always afford to have a second smaller vehicle for the rest of the time, and b. those who have more people to tranport regularly, such as carers of children and elderly relatives, rather than penalising those who have them as status symbols largely tranporting one person on congested city roads, who will often continue to do so, because they can afford to.
It's also true that drivers of smaller more economical cars (and their passengers, even more importantly) statistically come off much worse in car accidents, so unless we can prevent all larger cars being on the road (not to mention vans and lorries) I shall be sticking with relatively large cars if I can afford to buy and run them, in order to protect the occupants who are my reponsibility.
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Date: 2007-03-19 05:16 pm (UTC)It's also true that drivers of smaller more economical cars (and their passengers, even more importantly) statistically come off much worse in car accidents, so unless we can prevent all larger cars being on the road (not to mention vans and lorries) I shall be sticking with relatively large cars if I can afford to buy and run them, in order to protect the occupants who are my reponsibility.