dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

3/ a 2nd power law still means it is a x4 difference.
4/ there are hundreds of thousands of heavy trucks in Australia. There are fkn millions of 2 to 3 tonne utes being utilised as family cars.
5/ At this stage the use of heavy trucks to move goods is a necessity. The selection of a 2.5 tonne ute to be used as a family car is almost always a needless extravagance.

That’s why I hate them as much as anyone, but it’s not because of the damage they do to the roads.

I mean you don’t just have to have one reason. For me, the extra damage to the roads is in the mix.

OK, it’s in the mix.

But what I really hate is when there are continuous cars parked along a suburban street, leaving just enough room for two-way traffic for reasonable sized cars, and then you see a ute in the middle of the road way down the street, and you have to find somewhere to pull over to let it get passed.