Again you've fallen into fallacy of excluding weathering and construction costs not 4th order to axle weight. Your calc safely discarded.
But wait, it's even worse. Cyclists and drivers are benefactors of 18 wheelers. So the cyclist is the worst of all. He gets same benefit of 18 wheelers bringing him goods while offloading unequal axle damage costs on car drivers taxes. Cyclist is ultimate leech in this equation you present.
No I'd say we have a moral imperative to auction off the roads for privatization to let market force us to efficient transport options and more accurately capture their costs. I believe this will also reduce pedestrian and bike fatalities by pushing people to smaller vehicles and stuff like commuter rail.
Car drivers don't pay for the damage that 18-wheelers do to the roads in any different way than bike drivers.
When taxes are approximated as first to second order of weight and damage is fourth, the calculus is lower weight cars are shouldering unequal cost of 18 wheelers vs everyone else including cyclist consumers. Effectively part of this is shouldered of free riding cyclists consumption of 18 wheeler goods.
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Again you've fallen into fallacy of excluding weathering and construction costs not 4th order to axle weight. Your calc safely discarded.
But wait, it's even worse. Cyclists and drivers are benefactors of 18 wheelers. So the cyclist is the worst of all. He gets same benefit of 18 wheelers bringing him goods while offloading unequal axle damage costs on car drivers taxes. Cyclist is ultimate leech in this equation you present.
So your argument is that we have a moral imperative to drive cars in order to pay taxes to support the roads that are mainly damaged by... cars?
As opposed to simply changing the tax code to better reflect road usage and wear and tear?
No I'd say we have a moral imperative to auction off the roads for privatization to let market force us to efficient transport options and more accurately capture their costs. I believe this will also reduce pedestrian and bike fatalities by pushing people to smaller vehicles and stuff like commuter rail.
Weathering is marginal as the Chernobyl photos are proof of.
Car drivers don't pay for the damage that 18-wheelers do to the roads in any different way than bike drivers.
When taxes are approximated as first to second order of weight and damage is fourth, the calculus is lower weight cars are shouldering unequal cost of 18 wheelers vs everyone else including cyclist consumers. Effectively part of this is shouldered of free riding cyclists consumption of 18 wheeler goods.
Weathering varies widely by climate. Drive around Michigan in the early Spring and look how badly damaged the roads are due to frost heaves.