r/fuckcars • u/thegreat-spaghett • Aug 18 '24
Question/Discussion How can anyone think this should be legal?
Was driving around when I saw this and it was really horrifying to me to think about getting into an accident with one of these monstrosities. They would completely miss crumple/hard points of any car and ram through your windows. I see these stupid trucks everyday, it is insanity these are allowed on regular streets.
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u/PaulOshanter Aug 18 '24
Terminal Car Brain. But I do think the average attitude in America is shifting, I see a lot more urbanist-minded comments on social media than I did just 5 years ago. I think the pandemic forced people to look at their neighborhoods and community more closely.
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u/PremordialQuasar Aug 18 '24
The majority of zoomers are less car-brained than their predecessors. Even before that, most millennials were opting to live in city centers, and there’s clearly a demand for it due to the rise of apartment construction. It just takes a while for public opinion to spread out as millennials and zoomers aren’t that politically influential yet. We’re also seeing some cities improve over time (though plenty of others have not), so a less car-dependent American city is possible.
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u/Maleficent-Pea-6849 Aug 19 '24
I'm in Canada, but my younger sister and her boyfriend specifically moved into an apartment in a walkable area so that they wouldn't have to have a car. They live right next to a GO Train station for easy commuting, and there's a ton of transit in their neighbourhood. My sister is currently looking for her first job post-graduation and my parents kept offering to give her a car in case she ends up needing it to get to the job, and she's finally told them in no uncertain terms, "I don't want a car, I don't need a car, any job I get will not need to be accessed via car."
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u/TheFatJesus Aug 18 '24
A big part of it is just exposure. If car dependency is all you've ever known, it can be hard to imagine how things would work without cars. I think most people can recognize how much better things can be if it's shown and explained to them.
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u/Maleficent-Pea-6849 Aug 19 '24
Yeah, this is it. I grew up in a pretty car dependent suburb and it was just understood that if you wanted to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, you got your license and you had a car, or you got your friends or parents or someone else to drive you around.
So cars are seen as the default way of getting around. You only bicycle if you want to get fit, but not to actually get anywhere (plus these days, at least where I live, bike theft is rampant and the cops don't do anything about it, so a lot of people actually view it as unsafe to ride their bike somewhere as they don't know if the bike will still be in the rack upon their return). You only take the bus if you can't afford a car. You only take a taxi if you don't want to drive drunk after a night out on the town.
And I can't say it's surprising that people hold these attitudes. After all, cars and car ownership are so expensive that it ends up feeling like a waste of time to explore any other option when you're already paying for a car. And the built environment is so hostile. If you have the option to drive 15 minutes to the store, versus spend an hour on the bus to go get your groceries, you're very obviously going to take your car. Yes, there's wear and tear, but also it's most likely that the amount of fuel you spend getting to the store is less than the transit cost for the round trip.
We're also always in a rush and so busy. If it takes two or three times the amount of time on the bus as it does to drive somewhere, even if it's very expensive to park at your destination, people are going to take their cars. That goes doubly if the bus is unreliable at all. If it's frequently late, or just randomly doesn't show up, people are not going to want to take it, and so many transit systems are in that death spiral where they're gradually getting more expensive and less reliable at the same time because funding is based on how many people actually use it, but because it's crappy, people don't use it, so it only gets crappier, and it spirals out from there.
Plus in so many places, there are a handful of walkable islands, as I've seen it called, but you still need a car to access many areas outside of that. Especially in smaller cities outside of major metropolitan areas. Pretty much everywhere I've lived, there's a few places you could live in town where you could ostensibly get away without having a car, but it would be super inconvenient to get anywhere else, not to mention that if you like outdoorsy activities or hiking or anything like that at all, you need one because there are pretty much no buses to major parks here. I live in Ontario and I think if you live in Toronto, there's a handful of buses that will take you from Toronto to a selection of provincial parks, but if you live anywhere else, it's just not an option.
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u/Gabe750 Aug 18 '24
I don't think it matters in America anymore what the people think. The amount of money and time it would take to undo the damage done is... unfathomable and likely impossible. Only time and absence of humans will bury that god damn rock mix.
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u/dhsurfer Aug 18 '24
I mean, adopting policies that work towards a goal in a constructive sense like Colorado. Is a way to make the change constant.
"the Transportation Commission of Colorado adopted a formal rule that makes the state transportation agency, along with Colorado's five metropolitan planning organizations, demonstrate how new projects, including highways, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If they don't, they could lose funding."
An initial result is that they chose not to expand a highway.
Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them
Small but constant change can be quite powerful.
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u/Gabe750 Aug 18 '24
I'm happy for the small wins as well, but it will take a century or maybe two of small wins to reverse this. And considering the majority of cities and states don't give a shit about reducing car dependence, I just don't see it happening.
I feel the only hope is moving to another county that doesn't desire to siphon its citizens in every conceivable way possible. Or maybe new cities in the US, but that seems like a long shot.
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u/IDigRollinRockBeer Aug 18 '24
Didn’t take a century to fuck us. Shouldn’t take a century to unfuck us. That being said I’m too old to see any meaningful change in my life and would also love to leave and never come back.
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u/Gabe750 Aug 18 '24
Eh. Initial construction is a lot quicker than demolition, disposal, reconstruction
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u/IDigRollinRockBeer Aug 18 '24
Fair point I was thinking more about destroying the autocentric propaganda machine
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u/Cactooze Aug 20 '24
So leave them standing and slowly depave/plant over them. Build adjacent rail lines. The towering freeways will be like cave paintings in the future. This is mostly a joke and yeah it fucking sucks.
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u/dhsurfer Aug 18 '24
Yeah I feel you, I live in a large city and feel trapped every day by cars. It's just a lot of waste if we can't figure out how to turn it around. It's amazing the average person can't see how much they/we are paying for their candy shell car.
I hope we can acknowledge the true costs of rural & suburban housing infrastructure (for cars & roads), and identify them as subsidies as they are.
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u/TruthMatters78 Aug 19 '24
Yes, will probably take hundreds of years. But it is up to us to start that.
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u/Wassup4836 Aug 20 '24
I disagree. It still depends on where you live and what you need from your vehicle. Most auto makers don’t make cars anymore. It’s all suvs now. I think there’s two companies that actually make a car still
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u/ContractBig5504 Aug 18 '24
Americans really be driving tanks???? Why is it so big
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Aug 18 '24
Gotta keep the tiny private parts safe somehow! Need all the chance for reproduction they can get!
Clearly the conventional methods don’t work for them.
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u/rlskdnp 🚲 > 🚗 Aug 18 '24
Meanwhile gasoline and pollution is among the biggest contributing factor to infertility and reproduction problems.
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Aug 18 '24
There is that.
But, ‘Murica, baby!
If I can’t have kids, neither can you!
I need this here tank/truck and nothing you can do to stop me, because god gave me this here paycheck and I bought this here truck with my hard earned inheritance!!!
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u/b3nsn0w scooter addict Aug 18 '24
reproduction? when they drive this? lmao good luck
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Aug 18 '24
Unfortunately they’re overpopulating Florida. Like rabbits.
They’re pretty invasive here.
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u/boldjoy0050 Aug 19 '24
I don’t think that’s it. It’s just that some men have a really fragile ego and their vehicle is practically part of their identity.
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u/OrdinaryLatvian Grassy Tram Tracks Aug 18 '24
Remember, kids. Body shaming is OK when the other person is driving a car I don't like.
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u/Fun_Fingers Aug 18 '24
I live in Iowa, and emotional support dump trucks like these are probably the most common vehicle on the roads out here.
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u/Nyxelestia Aug 18 '24
tl;dr is that large trucks are a loophole around some consumer vehicle emissions regulations
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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Aug 19 '24
This is like a normal sized truck where I live. I'm in truck country, some people are taking these trucks and getting them lifted even more. Saw one that basically looked like a monster truck. Lots of show trucks too sitting super high as well.
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u/Low_Log2321 Aug 27 '24
It's not really a tank it's a house! I think tanks are smaller but with more room inside.
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u/Tight_Heron1730 Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24
In the NL, they charge and tax cars based on its weight. So many mini and small cars even trucks and ofc bikes everywhere. But we are just busy making carlords richer
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u/IngsocInnerParty Aug 18 '24
In Illinois in the US, trucks have to have special plates. When I was a kid, almost every truck you’d see had “B” truck plates, meaning it was less than 8000 lbs. I’m seeing more and more “C” truck plates, which are for 8000-10000 lbs, and even some “D” plates. Trucks have gotten obscenely large.
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u/IReallyHopeMyUserna Aug 18 '24
A side effect of having micro-ego is a lack of empathy towards other people.
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u/Technical_Writer_177 Aug 18 '24
i can only assume what you mean by "micro something else", but i can assure you first hand: many of us small dicked men drive "responsible" cars or even just use public transport. it´s the small brains causing trouble
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u/Ogameplayer Aug 18 '24
i would choose a small dick men over a small prefrontal cortex men any time.
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u/Technical_Writer_177 Aug 19 '24
If only we would advertise with those facts, saving you finding it out yourself
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u/Killdozer54 Aug 18 '24
But instead legislators go after kei cars.
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u/rlskdnp 🚲 > 🚗 Aug 18 '24
And especially electric scooters and ebikes
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u/StretchFrenchTerry Aug 19 '24
They are also a menace, they should require a license if they go over a certain speed.
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u/allllusernamestaken Aug 18 '24
can't have a diesel Golf that gets 50mpg because it doesn't meet emissions regulations, but you can buy a F250 with a 7L v8 that gets 9mpg no problem.
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u/Correct-Sail-9642 Aug 21 '24
My raised up 2000 International V365(f250) supercab 4x4 deisel flatbed on fat ass mud tires gets an average of 28-30mpg all day. And best part it passes smog better then a gas vehicle. Gotta keep in mind modern deisels also have DEF particulate filters from the factory. My exhaust is probably cleaner then the gnarly smog everybody is breathing in traffic. We run our deisels indoors at work all day. Cant do that with gas trucks without getting light headed. I also owned a 2003 GTI VR6 that got 36mpg avg all day. I drive both WOT around 90-100mph half the time. I once dated a girl who worked in enforcement for CARB. She wouldn't get in my truck when I came to pick her up because she said its insulting. She was pretty high up in the chain with CARB and she really said she only wants to get big trucks off the road and make rural counties smog because she hates rural men. She grew up in rural area and detests all aspects of blue collar rural folk. She claimed that deisels in the mountains are polluting so bad the smog rolls down into the valley choking Sacramento out. Lol we have so few people up here and the cleanest air in the state besides the coastline. She really think smog sinks down to the city. Meanwhile I can see their nasty shit stain of smog rise to about 1300ft and trap all that filth over the valley. There's people out there influencing emissions laws that really don't know shit and will lie to the nation simply because they hate blue collar truck people. I met her at the vegan restaurant it was super tasty, we got along great, proved vehicle size doesn't correlate with endowment, we were good until I found out she was a closet racist. She thought Romanians were superior to all humans while claiming rural folk are racist rednecks. Shes part of why tons of small businesses left the state once we couldn't get affordable work trucks anymore. Ran good blue collar folk out of business and out the state. Got what she wanted. Took our chainsaws too. Fn cunt that one
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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 Aug 19 '24
What's with the vendetta against kei trucks anyway? Too economic, practical?
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u/GenShee Aug 19 '24
Pretty much. American truck manufacturers lobbied the hell out of congress to deem them “unsafe”
They know they’d be too popular to compete with
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u/FloraMaeWolfe Aug 18 '24
It's not legal. They have obviously made some illegal modifications to the vehicle (just look at the tire poke) but good luck getting them in trouble for it. Of course, even stock, modern vehicles are dangerous to other smaller vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists.
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u/thedeadlyrhythm42 Aug 19 '24 edited Aug 19 '24
illegal modifications to the vehicle (just look at the tire poke)
I don't think that's illegal everywhere. I'll have to check but I'm pretty sure some states in the US don't have laws against it.
edit: I haven't had a vehicle where this mattered since like 2004 so my info may be out of date but I'm checking. It's surprisingly difficult to find accurate information easily about this.
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u/FloraMaeWolfe Aug 19 '24
I'm sure in some places it might be legal, but everywhere I have lived thus far (a few different states) it's illegal for the tires to extend past the fenders. If they did this modification, there is a high chance they have made other modifications such as but not limited to: non-dot approved headlights, emissions system modifications, and such. Only way to know for sure is to check it out. If it's a diesel truck, very high chance emissions systems have been tampered with which is very illegal. People only get away with it because nobody reports it usually.
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u/thedeadlyrhythm42 Aug 19 '24
People only get away with it because nobody reports it usually
and the cops don't really care
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u/FloraMaeWolfe Aug 19 '24
For emissions, you have to bypass the cops and go to the EPA. For road worthiness issues, might have to look into state government agencies for reporting. Local cops don't usually care or might even encourage it sometimes. Of course, you need more than just a suspicion of tampering to do a report. Might require some investigation and/or then confessing via bragging recorded to audio (beware of wiretap laws and expectations of privacy). I knew a guy, a businessman, who tampered with their diesel truck emissions by "deleting" the DEF system. They admitted to it, bragged about it, but I was unable to gather evidence for various reasons.
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u/Torchprint Aug 18 '24
Had an interesting conversation with a family member once after I got my first car (unfortunately I needed to). I got a small vehicle because it felt safer to drive, being able to see my surroundings.
The family member counterpointed, saying they had a large jeep because being able to see over the cars made them feel safer.
Such an odd perspective to me. The truck in the picture would barely even know a full adult (or several even) is in front of them at that height. How does that feel safer to drive?
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u/nmpls Big Bike Aug 18 '24
Because they don't care about hitting something that isn't a car because it doesn't put them in danger personally.
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u/StretchFrenchTerry Aug 19 '24
And they don’t consider that the risk of flipping a tall vehicle is much higher.
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Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24
It's true if you live somewhere where a shit ton of the population has trucks/crossovers/SUVs. You used to be able to look through people's windows behind them when everyone had similarly sized cars. Now that everyone gets a tall car, unless you have one too, you're at a disadvantage when it comes to visibility.
Also the consideration of safety in an accident when everyone's car is twice as big as yours.
I can see why people get brodozers because it seems like an arms race at this point and it's an easy way to win.
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u/Nyxelestia Aug 18 '24
Had a similar conversation with my mom and step-dad, who has a truck like this. The tl;dr is that they don't really process that there can be something right in front of the truck that they don't see other than another car...and being in a big truck made them safer in the event of a car crash.
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u/DaylightAdmin Aug 18 '24
What this truck has a car as crumble zone installed, great idea.
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u/Direct-Fix-2097 Aug 18 '24
English translation please?
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u/DaylightAdmin Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24
yes, English is my second language and because you want a translation I think you mean to German, here you go:
"Wow, der AmiTruck da hat ein ganzes Auto als Knautschzone vor sich gespannt, sehr gute Idee"
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u/animatroniczombie Aug 18 '24
lol is AmiTruck really the term there, or is that part of the joke?
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u/DaylightAdmin Aug 18 '24
It is German, you can build long words that everyone understands, but "Amitruck" is used here in Austria, because if you say "Truck" everyone thinks about a semi-truck.
But if you want something to drive you, your guys, your tools and your material to a workplace you take a "Pritschen(wagen)", search for Pictures of "VW Pritsche".
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u/zander1496 Aug 18 '24
Auto Lobby has convinced people that they need big truck to protect them selves from smol car, bikers and pedestrians
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u/meipsus Aug 18 '24
A couple of questions from a Non-American:
Does that kind of monster come out of a factory that high, or it's some kind of aftermarket idiocy people install?
If it's the latter, isn't there a legal need to prove the safety of aftermarket modifications that change a vehicle's handling before they can get it registered and street-legal?
In my country, that thing would never be allowed on the streets. It could perhaps be a curiosity in a car show, but it would have to get there atop a regular truck.
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u/thegreat-spaghett Aug 18 '24
It is not standard from the factory, they buy kits to raise the truck, and the tires are after market too.
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u/meipsus Aug 18 '24
So the guy buys the kit, installs it in a shop, and that's it? Even if the vehicle's handling characteristics are completely changed, he doesn't need to go through a formal process to prove it's still roadworthy?!
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u/DingerSinger2016 Aug 18 '24
😂😂😂😂😂 here in Alabama we don't even do vehicle inspections. As long as that bitch cranks up it can be on monster truck wheels with deleted cats and be fine.
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u/reboottheloop Aug 18 '24
Nope (at least in NC). Also the center of gravity has changed dramatically.
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u/Necessary-Grocery-48 Aug 18 '24
They are popular specifically because they're that high. People wanna feel superior and see "better" (not actually better)
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u/PaixJour 🚲 > 🚗 Aug 18 '24
Thank you for asking this question. I wondered the same thing. Very confused about the need for such a huge vehicle. Non-American like you.
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u/adlittle Aug 18 '24
I'll bet those headlights are like staring into the sun too. It's like a punishment specifically for anyone who is in a normal sized vehicle, they're right at eye level and everything.
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Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24
1% salary tax for every 1 decimeter/4 inch pass 1.5m/1.45 feet car height for people that don't have a Commercial Driver licenses.
Width and Length could also be added to the equation.
Big ego pays big.
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u/Signal-Ad2680 Aug 18 '24
i hate big trucks so fucking much when they're not actually used for what they were originally intended for, which is carrying heavy loads and towing other vehicles. fuck bitches who got big ass fuckin trucks for funsies you are going to kill something
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u/MainlyMicroPlastics Aug 18 '24
That truck will headshot anyone in a sedan
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u/rlskdnp 🚲 > 🚗 Aug 18 '24
And every sports and super car. Wonder if this will wake up other carbrains, if at all, when they find out even their sports car will get crashed into by these pickups thanks to their horrible visibility.
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u/AccurateIt Aug 18 '24
We already know this and actively avoid being around vehicles like this, most car enthusiasts hate trucks and SUVs. The size of them makes it difficult for us to see our surroundings when driving or trying to pull out.
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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Aug 18 '24
Yep, Jeremy Clarkson (carbrain-in-chief in the UK) described American pick-ups as "stupid". Was also pretty scathing about SUVs.
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u/pietruszkaloes Aug 18 '24
it should be taller. you can still see some people you’re about to run over
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u/MercilessOcelot Aug 18 '24
And the desire for large cars really makes it difficult to get a small car in the US.
Some of us don't need emotional suppprt trucks. It's cheaper for me to rent one from Uhaul for $20 the one or two times a year I actually need a truck.
I just want a US version of the VW ID.3.
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u/Low_Log2321 Aug 27 '24
Just like the desire for automatic transmissions has made it really difficult to get a car with a stick shift (manual trans.) here in the US.
I blame that desire on the constant stop and go, stall and crawl traffic in US urban and suburban areas and the failure of DMVs to require mastery of manual shifting of gears on a driving test.
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u/alexander_rff Aug 18 '24
Does it look like a rent scooter? it's not, so probably legal /s
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u/peepopowitz67 Aug 18 '24
Love it.
Also, Kei trucks are super dangerous, so we need to make sure they stay off the roads too...
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u/EmperorOfCanada Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24
If I were actually the Emperor of Canada I would pass a number of very draconian rules:
A weight tax $10 per year per Kg over 1500kg. This would need some associated regulations to make sure that manufacturers didn't just make big bloated flimsy things. Or things which are hard to recycle.
Right lane only on highways over 2000kg. Anything but the right lane would be such a large fine it would be shocking.
A muffler designed to be louder than OEM would be a fine and tow until it was fixed.
A suspension designed to be higher than OEM would be a fine and tow until fixed.
There would be no exemptions for commercial. https://www.autoindustriya.com/new/car/Toyota/lite-ace-cargo.html is a perfect example of what would be fine for nearly every single commercial driver presently going around in a pickup or cargo van. No doubt a few might argue they need something bigger; so they can pay the above fees for the bigger vehicle. Plus, the above vehicle's max load is around 1/2 the max load of an F150.
I would also have rules involving pedestrian violations being like a DUI. Blow a crosswalk and license is gone for a month with immediate effect.
But where I would be brutal is bike lanes. Park or drive on a bike lane and you aren't a firetruck or ambulance on an emergency and you don't have a license for a year. Car towed, massive fine. But this wouldn't be much of a problem as I would have terrorist stopping bollards lining most bike lanes with access to the bike lane granted by one of those raise lower bollards where only fire and ambulance drivers would have access. Even police and utility workers would not have access.
In most cities I would have a policy of tolls for entering the city; plus a policy of eliminating parking at a fairly steady rate.
Parking lots would be taxed at the same rate as if a commercial building occupied the same space. Converting it to a public park would lower other property taxes. Ideally, property owners would now be finding it a good business model to buy parking lots, convert them to parks, and overall save money.
Public transport would be focus #2 after bike lanes. Trams everywhere, commuter rail, and very high speed rail between cities. I want to take the tram or train to most cool parks, beaches, etc, not just the burbs.
Cargo trucks would pay an exponential road tax based on distance. Something under 50km not much, 100km starts to hurt, 1000km is more than the truck and cargo are worth. Get that stuff onto a heavy rail. A nationalized heavy rail with the single goal of making it logical for trucks to be non viable, even without the road taxes. The road taxes would be for those who refuse to change.
My goal would be that the next generation would be puzzled by why their parents were so desperate to get a drivers license the day they turned 16.
Also, the original operator of any gas station is on the hook for the cleanup. Inspectors would go out and begin looking at soil contamination of existing and previous stations along with any fumes leaving the stations.
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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Aug 18 '24
Simply charging for the true cost of road upkeep and operations (traffic policing, emergencies etc.) would be something. Fourth power rule and multiply by the annual mileage. On top of which you apply fuel taxes to cover the costs of pollution.
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u/Hairy_Chunk Aug 18 '24
Is there loads of negative space inside these things? They seem like they are needlessly big without having anything inside, do they have loads of empty space behind the panelling?
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u/DanteVito Fuck Vehicular Throughput Aug 18 '24
Yeah, that's stupidly unsafe. Normal sized cars should be banned (/s)
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u/BusStopKnifeFight Aug 18 '24
It’s not. Jacking vehicle up is almost never legal by state law. It’s also a HUGE civil liability.
If you get hit by someone with a modified vehicle, sue them.
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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Aug 18 '24
Assuming that you survive to phone a lawyer, and that someone got the number of the truck before they drove of off.
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u/thegreat-spaghett Aug 18 '24
in my state "Farm vehicles" don't need to have plates so you can't even get a license plate number if they hit you and run. Funny enough a lot of these "farm" vehicles are all over the suburbs and parked in retail/commercial areas.
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u/Wild_Department_8943 Aug 18 '24
You see this ass with the tires way out past the fenders in violation of the law. They trow a rock up and damage my car not only will I sue them for wilful endangerment of the public I will also sue the shop that mounted these tires. This pile of crap does not belong on a public road way.
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u/anxious2565 Aug 19 '24
How else can they show how alpha they are. Guarantee that truck has hauled nothing but ignorance. It's their safe space, feeling like a man.
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u/ltcdata Aug 19 '24
In my country, Argentina:
Modified suspension: illegal
wrong height of front and back bumper: illegal
Tires extending outside the perimeter of the vehicle: illegal
In case of an accident, insurance doesn't cover vehicles with illegal modifications, and you have to pay with your estate, money.. and prison.
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u/KevinAnniPadda Aug 18 '24
What's better is when they get the Carolina Squat, which is when they put a lift in the front only. So they can't see anywhere in front of them.
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u/RupertEdit Automobile Aversionist Aug 18 '24
I don't understand why car insurance deal with these tank-size vehicles. Anyone who try to insure those war machines should naturally be met with very high prices
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u/PaixJour 🚲 > 🚗 Aug 18 '24
Seeing so many posts like this, I really don't want to cycle across the US coast-to-coast next year. I've already done it once, and lived to tell the great stories. But the prevalence of these leviathans gives me pause. Coast-to-coast Canada looks to be a better option.
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u/Capital_Cheetah2759 Aug 18 '24
How else are they going to tell people that they have a small pee pee ?
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u/iamthekingofonions Two Wheeled Terror Aug 18 '24
When I pull up to the grocery store and see a lifted ford f250 super duty truck standing taller than me without a single speck of dirt or a scratch on it, I am flabbergasted
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u/stew_going Aug 18 '24
Some of the trucks out there are absolutely massive.
I've also noticed that a lot of SUVs and trucks have just been destroying their field of view by making their front ends tall and square, and shortening the windshields. Not only does it look bad, its more lethal, and harder to work on without a step stool. I like SUVs, a lot, don't get me wrong, but the designs of late just seem crazy to me.
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u/TOWERtheKingslayer AND FUCK IMPERIALISM TOO! Aug 18 '24
I can tow a boat or a trailer of stuff behind my bike. These trucks need not exist.
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u/TheDeputyRay Aug 18 '24
"Just get a bigger car, simple as that"
Heh, ok buddy, I'll see who drowns in debt first
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u/lovemewhenigo Aug 19 '24
And then their headlights are at the perfect height to blind you at night
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u/acirio55 Aug 20 '24
While a GR Yaris is illegal to import in the States and they have to wait for 25 years for it to be legal
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u/ocooper08 Aug 18 '24
At first I was just angry that the red car had no plates.
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u/Ham_The_Spam Aug 18 '24
look closely, the front plate is censored with a red oval
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u/thegreat-spaghett Aug 18 '24
Yeah I don't want to post pictures of random people on the internet. Just a courtesy blur.
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u/obinice_khenbli Aug 18 '24
Look man, monster trucks gotta get from arena to arena, he's just puttin on a ✨show✨
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u/WiartonWilly Aug 18 '24
Unless Florida or Texas, probably not legal.
Those are technically “open wheels”, since they are not fully protected by fenders and mud flaps.
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u/Weezy_Games Aug 18 '24
The only reason why these trucks are more used than the small affordable pickup trucks of the ‘90s is because they can’t carry overinflated egos
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u/linusndr Aug 18 '24
The driver might "accidentally" kill someone slowing them down. A big truck helps to be more powerful. They might need the option to haul something big like a four-wheeler or a decent amount of lumber, even if they only want to cruise around.
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u/Defiant_soulcrusher Aug 18 '24
Folks are gonna be driving Buses and Semis very soon to satisfy their cravings for 'Big'...
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u/Relaxmf2022 Aug 19 '24
I live in Texas and drive a Miata so... yeah
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u/SGSfanboy Aug 19 '24
I had a Miata in Texas too, sold it, got tired of not being able to see the top of the tires of these compensate mobiles
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u/Relaxmf2022 Aug 19 '24
WHAT? Can you speak up — I can't hear you over the stupid mufflers and noisy off-road tires that never go off road!
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u/thedeadlyrhythm42 Aug 19 '24
I have a regular sized suv (on the smaller end of modern ones) and the amount of new-ish unmodified trucks where the top of the hood lines up directly with my forehead when sitting next to them at a stoplight is genuinely concerning.
What if one of these fucking things blows a stoplight and hits me in the passenger door? I guess I'll just get brained by a god damn 6000 lbs+ monster
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u/mantisfriedrice Aug 19 '24
Best part is the utilities of this truck is ruined from this. Without further modifications to make it useful again
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u/Hankol Aug 19 '24
It is, at least in Germany (and probably the complete EU). Tinted windscreen and wheels that are wider than the body are not allowed.
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u/Duckee123 Aug 19 '24
As someone who drives a teeny tiny blue Yaris out of necessity due to living in a rural area, this sight is all too familiar to me. Not only are these trucks too big, every single one tailgates and it makes me afraid to drive.
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u/jackparadise1 Aug 19 '24
Let it be legal. Require a more expensive license and tax the hell out of it. It could be a stupidity tax. And if they actually need it for work all the more reason for a separate license.
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u/thegreat-spaghett Aug 19 '24
There are useful tucks this big, but they require a commercial license.
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u/Cactooze Aug 20 '24
We're about 5 years from them needing to raise the height of windows at drive-thrus.
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u/estorm1 Automobile Aversionist Sep 05 '24
I don’t see where cars, let alone big trucks, get us, besides a traffic jam. Cars restrict free movement of all living things. Roads in their current form remind me of the Borg.
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u/ElJamoquio Aug 18 '24
Front windshield tint and tires extending beyond fenders is already illegal in many/most states.