How can I get my goods to market if I dont have a long haul bus?
States should be taxing or increasing licensing fees on these vehicles to pay for the increased medical services because of these unsafe vehicles.
The state is actually a big part of the problem in this case. Small gas trucks are effectively illegal.
Automakers were fucking around with vehicle classifications in the 2000s to get around CAFE regulations. Things like the PT Cruiser were being classified as trucks. So starting in 2012, CAFE regulations were changed so that fuel economy standards were based on vehicle footprint. But it had a huge unintended consequence.
Suddenly a Toyota Corolla had less-strict fuel economy standards than small commercial vehicles like the Dakota, S-10, and Ranger. Notice how all 3 models were discontinued by 2012? And now that the Ranger is “back” its footprint is larger than some old F-150s?
As the CAFE standards get stricter over time, manufacturers have learned it’s easier to just make the car bigger than to meet the fuel economy standards. They’ve made the marketing about penisnsize and shit, but it’s really more about meeting regulations.
A more recent casualty was small cargo vans. The Transit Connect, ProMaster City, and NV200 were all discontinued by 2022 because small cargo vans can’t meet CAFE. This is also why New York had to cancel its new Taxi fleet that was based on the NV200.
In the 1000% range.
How would they carry stuff, guns and their alpha male ego? Did you think about that? /s
But what would the people with their small self-esteem do then?
You misspelled penis.
I think I’ve seen the source video on Donut Media, there was funny moment with a rando on wheelchair
Plate does read “Donut”. The plot thickens.
They don’t even sell the Chevy Colorado where I live. Too small for the demographic here, who needs the biggest truck on the market with aftermarket lift kits.
THE NEW MAIBATSU MONSTROSITY
Why drive a small car? Are you a small person? The new SUV Maibatsu Monstrosity guzzles gas and is equipped for crossing Arctic tundra! Driving one will make you feel good!
I’m not alone in thinking of this every time I see a gigantic vehicle.
https://youtu.be/MI7Tq6sRxE4 is what I think of
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five…
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It’s the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
The solution will never be ending the obvious problem, but rather replacing windshields with giant LCDs using front mounted cameras or something.
I was genuinely going to ask, if this thing has a front camera for driving into a parking bay. Even if you learn forward and stretch your neck, you’ll hardly see the parking bay coming up…
Emotional support vehicles, lol
Pavement princesses. Will never haul a load heavier than some groceries, maybe a couple 2x4s, and the owner’s fat ass.
Gender Affirming
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride!
Four wheel drive, smells like a steak and seats thirty-five!
No, never. That would scream mass transit, or the B(us) word. Unacceptable. Think of all the unclean, dirty people with darker skin that I would be forced to look at unfairly.
btw when they blind me at night going 75 mph in the rocky mountains, i find it to be deadly too.
Oh wow. They did the math.
First time I sat in the passenger seat of one I was still shocked. it’s even more frustrating that if you actually need to tow something heavy you have no option to avoid this outside an older truck. Some manufacturer should clue in and advertise a 3/4 ton as that won’t make you kill the neighbor’s kid. And I want sightlines, not cameras.
Since I live in a place where driving is necessary (Texas), I drive a smaller electric car.
From my perspective, even small SUVs are far too big. If I’m behind them at a light, I can’t see when the light changes.
I was recently surprised to learn that in other countries, they have popular versions of pickup trucks that are smaller than almost anything you can find here in the states.
Anybody who buys a vehicle that size would have to be a sociopath. They do not consider how other people are affected by their selfish actions.
The thought of what America would be like if kei trucks were popular…
From my perspective, even small SUVs are far too big. If I’m behind them at a light, I can’t see when the light changes.
Have you tried stopping further back? Works with lorries too. Also means you have room to manoeuvre without reversing if the vehicle breaks down.
I just want a decently sized hatchback with a spacious trunk.
Still think about some dashcam footage of an explosion on a highway. Some vehicles were able to make immediate U-turns.
I may not be prepared for <normal highly likely thing> but I am always ready to make an immediate U-turn if a meteor strikes traffic way down the road 🤷♂️ 😬
The general rule is that you should be able to see the rear tyres of the car in front. If you can’t, you’re too close.
Yeah, I’m learning to drive at the moment and my instructor tells me I should be able to see tyres on tarmac when stopping.
And a slice of tarmac just below/behind those tyres.
The only reason I need to see the light change is if the light is at an intersection with a lot of traffic so I can toot my horn at inattentive drivers more quickly.
So, it’s not particularly important, and often, those intersections need you to stay closer to the car in front of you, because especially in Texas, I think, probably 70-ish percent of drivers don’t know how to use lanes correctly. They line up in one lane leaving a second lane almost empty. So you have to pull forward to give more people behind you the chance to change into a good lane.
TLDR I want to see the light to help traffic move, but pulling forward can also help traffic move.
