Drivers of SUVs and pick-ups should pay more to be on our roads. Here’s how to make the system fairer
- Written by Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne
In the year 2000, almost 70% of all new cars sold in Australia were small passenger vehicles – mainly sedans and hatchbacks. But over 25 years, their share has dropped dramatically to just 17%, as a car “size race” took hold.
Now, SUVs and light commercial vehicles comprise almost 80% of the market. Four in five new vehicles sold...
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