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"The higher tax is justified because trucks, the main user, are harder on the roads.... Several years ago, if I remember correctly, I read an article claiming that drivers of personal vehicles, i.e. cars, vans, SUVs, pick-up trucks, etc., made up 80 per cent of Interstate highway users. According to Face the Facts USA, A Project of George Washington University, big trucks make us 4.3 per cent of all highway vehicles.  And they account for 10 per cent of total highway miles traveled.  The same reports says that half of all big truck miles are racked up on Interstate highways and, in some areas, they account for 1/4 of all the vehicles on the Interstates. "In 2010, trucks transported 34.2 million tons of freight around the U.S. every day. These trucks pay extra taxes to offset extra wear and tear on roadways. In 2009, these taxes amounted to $3.2 billion – 11 percent the Federal Highway Trust Fund’s total revenue." These numbers appear to support the notion that the major users of the Interstate highways are every day drivers like most of the folks who post to these forums.  A substantial percentage of them are commuters. The project cites two Federal Highway Administration studies to support its findings:  The Freight Transportation System and Freight Facts and Figures 2011.
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