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[Mommy]

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[James]

Yes, trucks definitely put more wear on the road, but roads, such as interstates, are designed to take the continual load, much like your aluminum cylinder takes the 50 MPa load forever. When they rebuild an interstate in Texas, they do so such that it can last 30 years. So I guess the real question is how much of that mileage is on interstate vs non-interstate? How many of those miles are with loads above deform/fail levels? For that, I don't see any data and if there is, I definitely don't want to pick it apart.

The thought of taxing the trucking industry more doesn't sit well because they're not going to just sit down and shut up; they're going to raise prices and pass it on to the consumer or they're just going to stop moving goods. Neither sounds appealing to me.