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Originally Posted by Sly
I think he's pointing out that by using higher MPG vehicles (electric/hybrid,) you are paying less gas tax than all other cars, yet doing just as much damage to the road. I don't know what it's like in Canada, but in the United States the idea behind the gas tax was to pay for road construction and maintenance. It has gone very sideways since the original implementation, but that was the purpose.
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Hi SLy,
Same here - I don't have the exact numbers but the tax on gas is huge, and based on the condition of the roads in Montreal, I'm willing to bet that zero goes to fixing the roads. The amount of pot holes are out of control and some of them are dangerously deep. About 5 years ago I hit a pot hole at only about 30 km/h and it knocked the tire off my wheel and caused about $1500 in damage. Montreal's roads are a joke.