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I'm from the EU and sadly this has become more and more the norm here. I remember a time when we had very little SUVs here but now they seem to be everywhere. And it's a really busy capital city, so the streets are narrow. I can't understand why people would buy big cars here...
Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin' ads that frame them as fancy cars.
“The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”
I suggest making it illegal to have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).
Lmao at the color limits. I'm 100% sure that would get people not to buy them hahaha that's genius
In the US, the camo option would only make them cooler to the kind of people you really don’t want behind the wheel of them.
Camo trucks already exist.
That being said, this idea is largely a joke, and I don’t mind @[email protected] being sarcastic about it.
Ah crap you're right... I didn't account for the American factor.
One other measure that could easily be taken is to ban advertising for these.
There are smaller trucks with the exact same bed size though. Like how the hell do people think European trades people haul stuff?
Ummm... vans of all sizes are way more common than flatbed trucks here.
Or those small isuzu trucks. When the load is too awkward for a van.
forcing a "this vehicles kills pedestrian" warning on top, making it similar to sigarettes: all same boring packaging and a warning on top.
And beeping when reversing of course.
why beep when it can be a voice yelling WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! or ACHTUUUUNG!! if it's a German made car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bis_4MT5SSo&t=1076
Deer can't see orange, so one colour fits all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm ok with them being all orange instead of fucking blacked out.
Its not just SUVs in western Europe, EU crash regulations for cars hitting pedestrians have forced cars to be higher and taller at the front. Unless the seating position also rises then you lose visibility of the very front of the car. If the seating position has to rise then so does the roof and this often means the floor rises too.
Sure, these ridiculous American trucks are far far worse, and SUVs are just generally bad, but its normal cars as well.
As someone with a utilitarian need for a truck in the US, you are correct. I m7ch rather drive a Fiat Panda than my 2013 Tundra. However, I try to keep my lights low (they are adjustable from inside the cab) so as not to blind others when on the road.
Still, there should be a federal ban on these stupid things, annd these, not to mention a federal law regulating how high headlights can be from the road (looking at you Ford F-250)