We need to limit the size of cars that can enter our cities. Seriously.
It can also be done in an indirect way, e.g. by making smaller parking spaces and give fines to cars that exceed the shapes.
As and American and specifically a New Yorker I absolutely despise cars and I mean all cars. Genuenly I think if any city in America, New York should be the one that bans all cars and replaces the roads with biking/pedestrian roads. The grand majority of people here dont even own a car let alone acturally use one, most drivers here are coming in from New Jersey (probrally because the New Jersey public transportation system sucks.)
Hell I say we should bring back trams (modern European Trams) to replace the busses and expand the metro system. We dont need cars we need more options for public transportation and a greater biking infrastructure. We are so close yet so far from completely changing the image from a loud city with garbage drivers to a beautiful city with no cars.
I know many Europeans are feeling the same so for those living in cities I encurage you to demand the same from your city governments. CARS DONT BELONG IN CITIES
Also out of Japan as well, please. We definitely don’t need these, especially in pedestrian- and cyclist-heavy areas. (I have seen hummers trying to drive some streets in Tokyo and it’s insane).
A Hummer in Tokyo?! Honestly that’s impressive, considering the width of most non-main roads there. But still, why would one need such a car in such a place? Tokyo works even better without a car at all, imho.
No one needs it and it’s inconvenient. Some people with money import foreign cars (particularly around Roppongi/Akasaka/Meguro in Tokyo)
As an American construction worker, I’d much rather have HiLux than these monstrosities. It’s ridiculous. No need for this shit.
The worst part is you can’t see children and teenagers walking Infront of them. Which means you can’t see normal cars Infront of you either. They are essentially worse than semi-trucks because they have slanted hoods, mirrors and better designed visibility and laws.
Wish we didn’t have these big stupid things in Canada. Every dumb asshole you could ever meet has one and they all drive and park like the dumb assholes that they are.
Came back to my car the other day to find one of the trucks parked to me. Could barely squeeze into my car then it was 2m longer than my car and so much higher i literally couldn’t see a thing to drive out.
Had to creep forward but i had zero visibility until my driver window was past the front of the truck. It then stuck out the space so much i needed a 3 point turn to get around it due to cars parked opposite.
I was at end of the row so had to turn across it to get out. Just totally unsafe for anyone not inside it!
Are these trucks classified as cars or trucks in most EU country?
In Norway (EEA but not EU) they are trucks (due to weight and carry capacity), and require a C1 truck driving licence. Which helps keep the numbers low. Though there have been cases of importers downgrading the suspension to lower the maximum carry capacity to reclassify them so they can be driven on a normal car class B driving license.
Under 3.5 tons they’re cars
3.5 tonns maximum total capacity right? Or net weight?
So a 3 tonne truck that can haul 1 tonne of goods for a total of 4 tonnes gross weight would be a need a truck license
Exactly
Hey, I know they are dumb, ugly, dangerous and annoying, but some people in Europe have micro penisses too! Oh wait, we have Porsche for that. Never mind, fuck off with those testosterone tankers.
At least Porsches look beautiful and aren’t as tall. I’d say it’s a better spending of money than those compensation cars.
Not so fun fact: For every 10cm in car hight theres a corresponding increase in fatalities by 22% (source)
These machines maim us, they kill us, and they cause permanent bodily harm to us. However in exchange they make us fatter, more depressed, less connected, more lonely, angrier, allow us to waste time in traffic, and enjoy cities with less green spaces.
But on the bright side when you spend a significant portion of your paycheck on these horrid machines, and some child in Africa dies for the raw resources needed to make them you can sleep easy at night knowing an automobile CEO can afford his sixth mansion and his eighth mega yacht.
If nobody buys them, then they’ll exit the market. American companies value profit.
I wish I could ride my bike like a Scythed Chariot and destroy all these death machines that have the gall to ride on the bike path.
I mean fuck! I hate cars and pretentious drivers so goddamn much. The only thing they have to do to accelerate is push a pedal once with less effort than moving a feather of a newborn chick, yet they for some reason consistently claim the right of way, or get it by law even. Topsy-turvy society.
“I reduced the insolent crowd of carriages which cumber our streets, for this luxury of speed destroys its own aim; a pedestrian makes more headway than a hundred conveyances jammed end to end along the twists and turns of the Sacred Way.” ―Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
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At least trucks are useful for farmers and construction workers. What you need to focus on is making your transit network better so nobody needs a small car at all, and these trucks are only used by the few people who need a big truck.
These are actually useful, working vehicles appropriate for European streets:
This, is not:
these trucks are only used by the few people who need a big truck
Did I miss your sarcasme or are you not connected to reality?
These truck should only be used by the few people who need a big truck. That is a small minority of people.
should, yes.
farmers use tractors. construction workers use vans. nobody here uses big trucks.
They’re compensating their small dicks with big cars
