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Hi Majorian, I think your peer pressure idea has merit. One idea relying on such pressure would be to require a large 4"x4" sticker with the EPA MPG of a vehicle on vehicle registration plates. That alone would cause some (not all of course) to stop and think of the impact of efficiency choices. I am not saying this should/shouldn't be done. Just throwing it out there as a suggestion to test its merits.
That would probably annoy 4x4 drivers more than making them think about their consumption. A better way may be to require expensive commercial registrations for all light trucks and maybe offset it with a tax credit for documented business use (cargo or multi-passenger use only). Even that would be pretty unwieldy in practice, but it would make people think about their choice of driving an off-road truck as a private passenger vehicle. Boaters and off-road enthusiasts would be screwed, but that's the price of a "lifestyle choice".
After I typed the previous comment I forgot to clarify I meant 4 inch by 4 inch sticker. I belatedly realised that many outside the US call SUVs 4x4s.
That's funny. They were called 4x4s in the US too, but the marketers needed a new name that sounded less truckish and more appealing to soccer moms. I remember when they first started using sport utility vehicle in the early to mid 90's and it sounded very awkward.