SCIENCE said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I hate big utes amaa, but I doubt they do significantly more dame to road paving.

Curb weight for the full spec RAM 1500 is maybe twice the weight of an ordinary sedan, so the damage will be roughly 16 times.

Of course some of these are actually being used to move heavy goods. But most of them are being used to move a small number of people, often precisely 1, a task that can be done admirably by a mid-sized sedan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

call us late to the party but we swear we honestly thought that to move a small number of people, often precisely 1, was a task that could be done admirably by a pushbike

or for distances more than a few kilometres, an ebike

But that’s a different issue. The party was discussing “mid-sized sedans” vs. over-sized utes regarding damage to roads.

And don’t get me started on people riding e-bikes at high speed through pedestrian areas.