Giant increase in annual registration fees for giant vehicles in DC

[Anonymous]

They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

So do council members and the mayor. Did we stop giving them Explorers and Suburbans after the Fenty and Gray shenanigans?

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Anonymous wrote:Bikers do not cause wear and tear on infrastructure and do not burn fossil fuels.

Start your own thread.

They still use the roads, right? Maybe they should help pay for them like everyone else. “User pays” is the mantra that has long guided transportation policy in this country. It’s not “user pays except for bikers who don’t want to pay for anything.”

So you'll tax bikes based on how much they weigh? How much the riders weigh? The average bike weighs less than 1 percent of what some of the cars and SUVs this thread is discussing do. I suppose I'd pay a 70 cent annual fee for my bike, in addition to the gas taxes and car registration I pay, sure.

Giant registration and licensing fees

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bikers do not cause wear and tear on infrastructure and do not burn fossil fuels.

Start your own thread.

They still use the roads, right? Maybe they should help pay for them like everyone else. “User pays” is the mantra that has long guided transportation policy in this country. It’s not “user pays except for bikers who don’t want to pay for anything.”

Hilarious that you think drivers pay for anything more than a tiny portion of the infrastructure they use. They are some of the biggest welfare queens in the country.

perhaps you haven’t noticed but only about 12 people actually use the bike lanes in DC. Their tax money isn’t enough to pave a single road

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

The majority of monster vehicles registered in DC are driven by UMC soccer moms and men with small egos. And most contractors are from VA or MD anyway so they wouldn't pay.

So there really is no good reason for making the drivers of these killer trucks pay their fair share.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

The majority of monster vehicles registered in DC are driven by UMC soccer moms and men with small egos. And most contractors are from VA or MD anyway so they wouldn't pay.

So there really is no good reason for making the drivers of these killer trucks pay their fair share.

These giant trucks are useless and shouldn't even be allowed in a densely populated area like DC. This isn't the outback.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

The majority of monster vehicles registered in DC are driven by UMC soccer moms and men with small egos. And most contractors are from VA or MD anyway so they wouldn't pay.

So there really is no good reason for making the drivers of these killer trucks pay their fair share.

These giant trucks are useless and shouldn't even be allowed in a densely populated area like DC. This isn't the outback.

Banning delivery vehicles is a sure fire way to make this city more livable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This won't affect the rich and wealthy as DC would like to so righteously pompous proclaim. This will only affect small businesses, large families and those who use their large cars for Uber/Lyft purposes. Thus, affecting the poor. DC is so self-righteously stupid, that's it's hard to watch from suburban sidelines.

Oh please. Lets not.pretend the working poor can afford those tricked out Denalis and Escalades.

The Ford F-250, which is cited in the article and certainly no one’s definition of “tricked out” retails at a base model for $41,485.

The fact that you lie to cover up what you are doing speaks to the fact that you know it’s wrong. Otherwise you wouldn’t be lying about it.

Other vehicles over 6,000 pounds include the Ford Explorer and the Honda Odyssey.

Every thing that liberals like Cheh and her supporters like you do hates middle class families. The fact that you lie about is the icing on the cake.

As if $41,485 is within budget for the working poor. Get out of your bubble.

Also, if you can shell out $42k for a big new truck, what's another few hundred dollars in fees? Just for gas you will be paying thousands and thousands more.

Most people lease nowadays. The F series truck is the one of the most popular vehicles in the entire country and averages around 800,000 sold every year. They're also just release an electric version that is sold out and is one of the heaviest vehicles on the road.

Most people don’t lease. It’s generally a terrible financial decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't all of the arguments about SUVs apply equally to minivans? They're larger than normal cars, reduced visibility which means more danger to pedestrians, etc. Yet mini vans aren't subject to the increased registration fee because they fall just under the weight limit.

So, if it's really about safety and improved roads, then mini vans would be included and subsidies for oversized electric vehicles wouldn't be permitted.

That’s not true. Several minivans are over 3,500 lbs.

Grand Caravans and Pacificas are over 6000 pounds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This won't affect the rich and wealthy as DC would like to so righteously pompous proclaim. This will only affect small businesses, large families and those who use their large cars for Uber/Lyft purposes. Thus, affecting the poor. DC is so self-righteously stupid, that's it's hard to watch from suburban sidelines.

Oh please. Lets not.pretend the working poor can afford those tricked out Denalis and Escalades.

The Ford F-250, which is cited in the article and certainly no one’s definition of “tricked out” retails at a base model for $41,485.

The fact that you lie to cover up what you are doing speaks to the fact that you know it’s wrong. Otherwise you wouldn’t be lying about it.

Other vehicles over 6,000 pounds include the Ford Explorer and the Honda Odyssey.

Every thing that liberals like Cheh and her supporters like you do hates middle class families. The fact that you lie about is the icing on the cake.

As if $41,485 is within budget for the working poor. Get out of your bubble.

Also, if you can shell out $42k for a big new truck, what's another few hundred dollars in fees? Just for gas you will be paying thousands and thousands more.

Most people lease nowadays. The F series truck is the one of the most popular vehicles in the entire country and averages around 800,000 sold every year. They're also just release an electric version that is sold out and is one of the heaviest vehicles on the road.

Most people don’t lease. It’s generally a terrible financial decision.

In any given year, from 1/4 to 1/3 of all new cars are leased.

[Anonymous]

Small business owners now get to write off up to 100% of the cost of vehicles in excess of 6000 GVWR during the year placed in service.

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Anonymous wrote:This won't affect the rich and wealthy as DC would like to so righteously pompous proclaim. This will only affect small businesses, large families and those who use their large cars for Uber/Lyft purposes. Thus, affecting the poor. DC is so self-righteously stupid, that's it's hard to watch from suburban sidelines.

Oh please. Lets not.pretend the working poor can afford those tricked out Denalis and Escalades.

The Ford F-250, which is cited in the article and certainly no one’s definition of “tricked out” retails at a base model for $41,485.

The fact that you lie to cover up what you are doing speaks to the fact that you know it’s wrong. Otherwise you wouldn’t be lying about it.

Other vehicles over 6,000 pounds include the Ford Explorer and the Honda Odyssey.

Every thing that liberals like Cheh and her supporters like you do hates middle class families. The fact that you lie about is the icing on the cake.

As if $41,485 is within budget for the working poor. Get out of your bubble.

Also, if you can shell out $42k for a big new truck, what's another few hundred dollars in fees? Just for gas you will be paying thousands and thousands more.

Most people lease nowadays. The F series truck is the one of the most popular vehicles in the entire country and averages around 800,000 sold every year. They're also just release an electric version that is sold out and is one of the heaviest vehicles on the road.

Most people don’t lease. It’s generally a terrible financial decision.

Many people buying these huge trucks are not making the best financial decisions…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should raise the fee even more to $1000. You are intentionally choosing to endanger other cars, bikers and pedestrians when racing around DC's narrow streets in these monster vehicles. They have no redeeming value.

Landscapers, painters, plumbers, carpenters, etc all have no redeeming value to the residents of this city is an interesting observation.

Then they can pay for their own parking. There's a plumbing business being run near 14 and Quincy NW and the work vans park off the street. They do not take up residential parking when parking at the "office."

[Anonymous]

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Banning delivery vehicles is a sure fire way to make this city more livable.

These aren't delivery vehicles. Also, wanna make this city more livable? Get rid of residential parking on major streets like 14th so delivery vehicles have spots to unload.

Traffic is FUBAR in the city because DC pols are too cowardly to take way subsidized parking for DC single occupancy vehicle drivers.