Ways To Collect Road Tax, Ranked

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 11/19/2014 at 10:00 • Filed to: rankings, unexplained lists, tax, I feel gassy, rant, rants

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1. Registration tax based on vehicle weight and a per unit of volume fuel tax.

2. Literally anything else.

spanfucker retire bitch > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 10:04

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So...that's a "no" to the registration scheme based on how many dead hookers you can fit in your trunk?

For Sweden > spanfucker retire bitch 11/19/2014 at 10:10

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Vehicles with greater cargo capacity weigh more and are less fuel efficient, so it works out in the end.

Slave2anMG > spanfucker retire bitch 11/19/2014 at 10:19

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 10:19

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My no 1: tax by CO2 so I can get tax for almost nothing since diesels put out less co2.

Bandit > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 10:22

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As long as we don't collect based on engine displacement/age I'm okay with it.

For Sweden > Bandit 11/19/2014 at 10:31

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By displacement is a terrible idea. Your 1.6 L is not fuel efficient if you add 40 pounds of boost.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 10:43

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I think tax should be only on fuel, so you pay more if you drive more and pay more if you drive a gas-guzzeling car.

The current system is based on vehicle weight, and I think it is unfair.

Bandit > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 11:23

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Germany:

There are two components to the calculation of road tax on new cars registered after the 1st January 2012:

Engine size – the tax is € 2 per 100ccm for gasoline engines and € 9 per 100ccm for diesel engines

CO2 emissions – engines emitting less than 110 gms/km are exempt and the tax above that level is € 20 per 10 gms/km

For Sweden > Bandit 11/19/2014 at 11:24

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The Germans are dumb.

Mattbob > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 11/19/2014 at 11:27

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but CO2 emissions and road repairs have almost nothing to do with each other.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Mattbob 11/19/2014 at 11:42

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This is true. The government did it to curb greenhouse gas emission, which also didnt work. They neglected to realise that cars emit more bad stuff than just co2. But it means I only pay £30 a year so...

davedave1111 > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 12:09

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Vehicle weight makes no sense, unless you believe that vehicle tax should pay for the roads and nothing else. That is, in conventional economic theory, a really bad way of organising things: it ignores the benefits to non-drivers that roads bring, and caps the tax that can be raised from drivers to the level of costs rather than benefits.

For Sweden > davedave1111 11/19/2014 at 12:11

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Vehicle weight is literally what breaks down the road surface, requiring repair work.

davedave1111 > For Sweden 11/19/2014 at 12:25

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Yes, it is. So? Road repair costs are not a major factor in the correct level of road taxation. The tax should be based on the value created, not the cost, because unless that's higher the government shouldn't be building the road in the first place.

The Transporter > For Sweden 11/24/2014 at 11:46

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I wouldn't ever call the Germans dumb. Assholes? Yes. Fascist? Sometimes, but dumb? Never.