stackyFACTSIf you ever wonder why your local tax dollars disappear into an endless void of pothole repairs, blame the supply chain.
If you ever wonder why your local tax dollars disappear into an endless void of pothole repairs, blame the supply chain. Road damage does not scale linearly with weight; it follows the generalized fourth power law. This means a single 80,000-pound 18-wheeler causes the exact same amount of pavement degradation as roughly 9,600 Honda Civics driving over the exact same spot. Your tiny sedan is practically floating, while heavy freight literally pulverizes the infrastructure.
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