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Nice. Those amounts seem kind of low, though? Not sure if I'm reading it correctly. A truck that weighs 20x the amount of a passenger car, with 2 axles, appears to pay 300 pounds per year?

Also, weirdly, a 40,000 kg truck with 2 axles seems to be taxed less than the same truck with 4 or more axles.

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These are annual registration taxes, not usage taxes.

Ideally you'd want a sort of usage tax also based on this, but implementation has been difficult to achieve. [0]

[0] https://www.lafabriquedelacite.com/en/solutions/weight-tax-a...

Yeah, a fixed tax, but based on weight, which is sort of a low-resolution usage tax.

300 pounds is more, but not very significantly more, than car registration in many US states.

Perhaps more points of contact is better for the road?

Yeah, it should be, but it seems they're taxing more axles more for the same weight, so it seems like something else is going on there.

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