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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

It's past time to require a commercial driver's license to drive one and a business permit on file to buy one. Your average person can rent one when they need the utility of a truck bed.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or how about the more simpler solution of changing the emissions regulations so trucks and SUVs have to meet the same targets as all the other vehicles.

And if you really want to encourage things even more they could also remove the tariffs on light trucks while increasing the sales tax on large trucks and SUVs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I think in the truck culture the damage is already done. At this point we need to deal with the demand to have those kinds of trucks.

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