The referendum comes as the city aims to reduce emissions by targeting wealthy drivers in large, polluting cars
  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    “But that will make it cost prohibitive to own an SUV!!!”

    Yes… Yes it will.

  • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This whole vehicular size arms race needs to go away please.

    It’s so retarded that people think they need to get bigger cars to “protect” themselves in accidents. Just feedback looping stupidity.

    • nexusband@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Yes! Fuck them! Wait…what? Why can’t i park my Peugeot e-308 there? WHAT? No! That’s not an SUV! Well…it’s 1759 Kg and therefore an SUV. This rule is utter stupidity.

  • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Suck it, SUV owners in Paris.

    But really, suck it every SUV owner. They’re terrible in every single way and no one can change that.

    • nexusband@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Comments from @wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works are terrible in every single way and no one can change that! Good stuff, the fact that Paris classifies everything above 1,6 tonnes as an SUV, so that put’s even a measly Peugeot e-308 in that cateogry. But it’s a compact BEV! Still weighs 1759 Kg.

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.deEnglish
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    5 months ago

    While this is great, someone who doesnt mind paying a 100k for a car wont mind the extra fees.

    What would really change the game is changing existing parking spaces to fixed size parking spaces and if your over that you get towed.

    That would mean they have to park their car somewhere more remote which would incentisize not buying huge cars to begin with

    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It’s a gentle nudge.
      If you’re picking a car, and didn’t think about it very much, something like paying more for parking might well nudge you to a smaller car.
      And it means when those 100k cars go on the second hand market for 20k a few years later, the people paying that much will not be happy with the fees.

      On a slight tangent, range rovers are being targeted by criminals. To the point where RR ups the security, and it’s worked around in a month or so.
      This has lead to insurance premiums going way up. And while there are a few people just choking down the payments, others are switching away from RR, or from SUVs entirely.
      It doesn’t put every customer off, but it certainly affects a chunk.

  • DigitalFrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Easiest vote in the world is to vote to raise someone else’s taxes. We should do that for billionaires.