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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

The Truth About Cars

The cost is becoming unaffordable for the middle classes." While it also dabbles in mileage taxes, the paper is chiefly concerned with how variances in vehicle weight and shape impact overall safety. It frustrates me," he said, "that all of our cars — for the industry as a whole — are just too heavy.

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Rasmussen survey finds 53% of likely US voters oppose increase in gasoline tax, even if dedicated only to interstate highways

Green Car Congress

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 33% of likely US Voters would favor a modest increase in the gas tax even if they knew the revenue would be used only to pay for building, maintaining and repairing the Interstate Highway System. 74% of Americans oppose raising the gas tax to meet new transportation needs.

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