Because heavy trucks cause the lion’s share of roadway wear, they should pay more into the system than passenger vehicles. To work, the new system would need to ensure that heavy trucks cover the full costs of damage they cause to pavements and bridges. Not to do so would perpetuate an existing subsidy of sorts, where other highway users and taxpayers pay for damages trucks cause, incentivizing truck traffic over other modes of transportation. The system is exacerbated in Connecticut, where we carry the burden of high traffic volume without receiving benefits from any potential revenue source.