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0 pointsSpivak1y ago0 comments

We're in a prisoner's dilemma situation and folks are acting rationally within it. Trying to blame the individual isn't likely to go anywhere. You can't control other people, only your response and this is what you can do. Without a law that forces coordination so we get back to the good outcome it will keep happening.

Sadly it's politically untenable in most (all?) the US not least of which because people will just buy trucks in other states that allow them.

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aziaziazi1y ago

> Sadly it's politically untenable in most (all?) the US not least of which because people will just buy trucks in other states that allow them.

Couldn’t a state law decide what vehicle one can use on their road, instead of what one can buy?

SpivakOP1y ago

This is what Cali does with their emissions standards but it also seems like people who care worked around it by just registering their cars in other states. And I say this with all the love in the world, if there's any group of people who will massively inconvenience themselves to spite the government it's truck owners.

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