• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There needs to be regulations on the size of personal vehicles for a shit ton of reasons…

    But this one by itself should be enough.

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      11 months ago

      There are… but there are loopholes. Which is why the vehicles get bigger every year. They’re all using loopholes to continue not bothering to meet the standards the regulations set forth.

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        11 months ago

        Loopholes are always going to happen…

        But if you close them, then the problem is fixed.

        Currently we just ignore them, instead of passing regulations that close the loophole and clarify

        We could even go a step further and require plans to be approved by a regulatory agency before mass production can start.

        Boom, problem solved forever.

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      11 months ago

      There needs to be a social cost of owning these abominations. If we make it more expensive or more regulated, they’ll still find the people who want to drive them. If we make them embarrassing, shameful, or otherwise costly in social standing, the market for them will soon collapse.

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        11 months ago

        Other countries require a special license for vehicles that big.

        It costs more, and requires frequent tests, written and driving. The large vehicles are also prohibited from driving down small side streets and using normal parking spaces.

        Because at this size, they’re only needed as commercial vehicles.

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      11 months ago

      I live in Basel, Switzerland, lovely old city, very unfriendly to cars, which is fine due to the great public transit. There is this one dickhead who has a bright, shiny red Dodge Ram. It’s monstrous. And it doesn’t fuckin’ fit in the streets, I’d love to see how much in fines that idiot has had for blocking trams, traffic, and all the other nonsense I’ve seen it do, was actually stuck in traffic once because it got stuck on a corner, took 30 mins to get it backed up and out of the way.

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      11 months ago

      The conservative Supreme Court is about to make that a lot harder in a few days. Get ready for the Canonaro to be real.