The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger

An idea for a regulation would be to measure the ratio of maximum weight of living things that a vehicle can transport / weight of vehicle when empty, and make this ratio grow progressively bigger.

The ratio is probably around 0.1 today on average (just an intuition, I don't have the actual numbers), and ideally it should be close to 1, or maybe over 1.

For an ebike for example, it's around 3.

Moving 2-5 tons of metal to transport just one human being is positively insane.

Honestly I think coming up with ways to get people to want smaller cars is the way to go. I don’t drive a big truck and I don’t understand the decisionmaking that goes into buying one. I’m hesitant to make rules that apply only to other people doing something I don’t understand.

> I think coming up with ways to get people to want smaller cars is the way to go

Make gas expensive and keep it that way, regardless of the political cost.

Massively increase insurance rates for bigger cars. Again, this would have to be done through laws.

Tax vehicles based on weight.

Effect a radical transformation in culture that changes what people value.

Which of these are most doable?