There needs to be regulations on the size of personal vehicles for a shit ton of reasons…
But this one by itself should be enough.
There needs to be a social cost of owning these abominations. If we make it more expensive or more regulated, they’ll still find the people who want to drive them. If we make them embarrassing, shameful, or otherwise costly in social standing, the market for them will soon collapse.
Other countries require a special license for vehicles that big.
It costs more, and requires frequent tests, written and driving. The large vehicles are also prohibited from driving down small side streets and using normal parking spaces.
Because at this size, they’re only needed as commercial vehicles.
I live in Basel, Switzerland, lovely old city, very unfriendly to cars, which is fine due to the great public transit. There is this one dickhead who has a bright, shiny red Dodge Ram. It’s monstrous. And it doesn’t fuckin’ fit in the streets, I’d love to see how much in fines that idiot has had for blocking trams, traffic, and all the other nonsense I’ve seen it do, was actually stuck in traffic once because it got stuck on a corner, took 30 mins to get it backed up and out of the way.
The conservative Supreme Court is about to make that a lot harder in a few days. Get ready for the Canonaro to be real.
Road taxes should increase after certain dimensions and weights. Bonnet/hood height should be one.
Also, safety ratings should give equal weighting to the a vehicle’s impact absorbtion and impact contribution. It’s insane that something is considered safe solely because the occupant is protected.
I haven’t given it much thought before but you’re right, that is insane.
, I felt physically threatened just standing next to some of the products
Yes, that’s why they make them like that.
But they need their Emotional Support Vehicles!
Refer to them as Gender Affirming Care, and watch the fragile pavement princesses lose their minds. Why do you drive the truck? Cuz you feel like it’s what a real man would drive? Congrats, that’s gender affirming care.
Try the all new Dodge Pedestrian Rammer.
Ford F-150… the best selling child mulcher in the United States.
Trucks like this are like having a huge gut, where you haven’t seen your …uhhh feet for years.
It’s ok though, in about 30 years after 2 million children are dead, we’ll make a law that limits the height of hoods, effective 5 years from then.
We’ll also add exclusions for cars above a certain wheel well distance, which will only further incentivize carmakers to make bigger cars.
/s but not really, because this is literally how emissions regulations work. Emissions regulations are less strict as wheel well distance increases, so larger cars can be less efficient. Which is why car makers have heavily pushed for larger cars via marketing, astroturfing, etc, because it means regulatory compliance is easier.
Pedestrians need to duck, not jump.
that would not end well
Who would have thunk?
I see what you did there, and I appreciate it.
Wait, is it because we cannot see them? Or maybe they are just really short people?
Yes these things are related
I’m sorry if you’re short… The truck is the answer to the age old question, “How did the dinosaurs get so damn big!?” Initially they were really small lizards but then as soon as the truck showed up in the form of a truck-like dinosaur, then all dinosaurs started to evolve into taller dinosaurs if they survived… survival of the fittest they say.
Unless the SUV or pickup has a trailer hitch and 4x4 power, it should be classified as a large sedan.
