Make rego 10x for these yank tank wanks

Ban Ford Rangers at least. The drivers tend to be inconsiderate psychos.

They can ride eBikes instead.

Increasing the weight of the car by 2x increases the road damage by 16x.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

We should charge rego by weight and volume. We should measure safety by damage inflicted, not damage deflected.

First, the “SUV loophole”: under US law, most SUVs are classified as light trucks, meaning they’re subject to less stringent fuel-efficiency and crash-safety standards than passenger cars.

This has always been baffling to me. Make the standards universal and I reckon people would make very different choices.

just remove the tax rebate/incentive

If the vehicle has RANGER on the back i just automatically assume they are a cunt.

Speed limit Rangers to 40kph within city limits. They usually speed through school zones and roadworks so it won't slow them down but we might get a few disqualified from driving which will help.

Pretty early the article points out that the top selling car in 2011 was far smaller than the best selling car now, in 2025, a Ford Ranger

It then says:

Four in five new cars sold in Australia are SUVs or utes – more than double the share of 20 years ago.

And follows up by pointing out two parts of US legislation that are driving manufacturing in the US to produce larger cars and ends by pointing out the extra risks with larger cars and how the situation can be improved using local legislation.

Why does the article ignore that the 2011 top selling car was from an Asian manufacturer and that Asian and European manufacturers exist. I went looking for data on sales from regions / brands over time but failed a bit. Anyone want to fill in the gaps? Obviously Mazda is no longer selling the top selling model and Ford is, but was there a swing in sales to Ford, a consolidation of sales on one model or maybe more that people that loved Ford just started buying the bigger cars? Any chance someone knows of some sort of data that helps fill in the gaps?

Zero BAC requirement for vehicles exceeding various hazard thresholds? Say, 2.5T GVM, vehicle width/length, and a particular vision path requirement.

Smaller cars and tax the ultra wealthy. Really not that complex.

Replace petrol taxes with a formula based on miles driven and weight of car.

Double the price of gas. Problem will solve itself.

Let us bully them again, these dipshits with their shit over sized vehicles used to be publicly mocked for their insecurities, bring that back and you will see a drop in sales for them, shame works wonders.

Rest of is could vote Green

Big fan of fire

I thought that was specifically a North American issue. Damn. Stay safe pedestrians (those drivers of too-large vehicles won't even see you when they run you over)!