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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, if we assume that trucks are not paying their fair share of road wear, then that means that car divers are subsidizing trucking by paying more than their share of road wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So if we were to change this so trucks paid their fair share, it would reduce the license fees for car drivers and raise them for trucks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Then the truckers would pass the extra cost on to the consumers in the form of higher priced products that move by truck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So it would be a wash for car driver cost as far as that goes. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, while most people consume products that move by truck, not everybody drives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So, with the current vehicle fees, the car drivers are subsidizing the non-car-drivers by paying the truck damage for the products hauled by truck to the non-car-drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, if we change the system so the truckers pay their fair share of the road wear, then car drivers will benefit at least a little because they will no longer be subsidizing the non-car-drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p>
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