• Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    We desperately need smaller vehicles to counter the behemoth light trucks that are in the road today. Everything about these kei truck bans just scream corruption and incompetence from politicians to domestic auto manufacturers.

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      5 months ago

      Americans just love being the biggest on the road. Bigger is better in their minds. Maybe we put an extra tax on very large vehicles.

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        5 months ago

        We need to require special licenses for those behemoths.

        I’d prefer they get banned entirely because there’s really no practical use for them that isn’t solved by some other commercial vehicle.

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          5 months ago

          i’ve thought about that for high performance vehicles, but probably more important for very large vehicles. like a B/C license.

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        5 months ago

        It’s not only Americans though. French car makers also sell big SUVs to everyone because it’s very important to have the biggest car ever when you bring back a small bag of groceries, or when you desperately need to be on top of the world in the traffic jams. I see those morons every day and it saddens me.

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        5 months ago

        I’d love to see a comeback of vehicles like 1980s Toyota and Mazda pickups. Just a bit taller than sedans, good sized bed. I never understood the popularity of trucks that almost need a mini ladder to get into when they’re being used strictly in an urban or suburban setting.

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          5 months ago

          Is there a reason for the ban related to how the car is built or designed, or is it politics?

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            5 months ago

            I think any person who has a hand in making those laws would say it’s for safety. Though I also think many people looking at it and comparing it to other vehicles that are allowed would call it politics/corruption/stupidity. I personally think it’s politics

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            5 months ago

            Politics. If you can register a motorcycle or atv, there’s zero excuses for not being able to register a light truck like a kei truck. Honestly they’re basically industrial grade golf carts.

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      5 months ago

      They stopped making Honda Fits (in North America) because there was no demand.

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            5 months ago

            In a post about small light duty trucks, and a comment about small light duty trucks, you’re pointing out that compact sedans are not popular. Would you like to point out some other true but off topic things? Most sedans are two wheel drive. SUVs are the most popular body style.

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              5 months ago

              “No one is allowed to deviate at all in the slightest bit ever, to the obvious bigger topic!!!”

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                5 months ago

                It’s entirely irrelevant to bring up one specific type of vehicle being cancelled because people didn’t like it, which can be for a shitload of different reasons beyond just size

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        5 months ago

        This is true, yet I see a lot of them on the road and speaking for my circle of people I know plenty of people who want them. It’s a shame really as I was only left with the civic and that’s the same size as my old accord.