Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:57:52 GMT

Larger SUVs are Illegal on Many California Streets. There's an interesting article over on Slate titled California's SUV Ban: The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it. Andy Bowers does a good job of explaining how the largest SUVs often weigh more then 6,000 pounds, the traditional cutoff between light and heavy trucks. It turns out every big SUV and pickup is too heavy for my street. Here's just a sampling: The Chevy Suburban and Tahoe, the Range… [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

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now if they would enforce the law, increase the fines, and thus make the tax break appropriate to those that need it.