But still fractionally as heavy as lorries, which /do/ cause most of the potholes. But the article is designed to trigger our base feelings of anger about paying for a road surface that’s often in poor condition.

The car park argument is pretty silly too. Older multi-stories have greater problems from cars being wider, longer and taller than what they were designed for. But again, with the news of the multistorey car park collapsing in New York not that long ago, it’s triggering fear, uncertainty and doubt amongst the reader.

Objectively, it’s a really good example of how to write a manipulative ‘news’ story that preys on human emotion. That doesn’t make it /true/ though.