Not sure I agree with this as any solution, tokeninstic at best, the asshats who can afford $100k+ for a ute won’t give a shit about increased parking fees, well enough of a shit to complain but not enough to stop them. Just ban them.
Good. Now slap a 300% luxury tax on them too. Exclude the utes with the steel trays.
They should just be banned period. I haven’t seen any reasonable arguments for why a ute needs to be 50% larger today than it was in the 90’s.
Otherwise there should be taxes based on size, weight, and fuel efficiency. It only makes sense as the larger the vehicle, the greater its impact on traffic and parking space, the more damage it does to the road, and the more damage it does to the environment.
Because now the ute is a holiday/recreation vehicle whose expenses can be written off for work as opposed to a pure work vehicle.
If we did ban them, I think the economy would be better off overall. For the majority of trades, vans are a way more efficient work vehicle. Using a big ute for the daily school runaround is simply inane. The only winners of big ute are the automakers and campground operators.
They kept mentioning safety issues being a factor; I wish they had at least mentioned some of them. It could’ve helped spread that information and taught people something.
To be fair the first time they mention “safety impacts” the words “safety impacts” is actually a link to a study on the subject. It would be better to include a brief summation since no one is going to pause reading an article in the first paragraph to read a study.
