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Why outsource that cost to the private sector? Make a point-system for external-risk value on the road to other vehicles, pedestrians, etc. Figure in mass (yes, Teslas are risky too with their mass), bumper compatibility (SUV bumpers don't hit car bumpers), thick a-pillar blind-spots, pedestrian-hood-impact-behavior, frontover risk, stopping distance, etc.

Then assign vehicles with high external-risk-score a stricter regimen for infractions like speeding and higher registration fees.

You drive a Yaris like an absolute maniac? You can get busted a lot more times than the guy in the Rivian before they take your license away.



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