We love our big, deadly trucks, don’t we, folks?
  • Luft@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    In my experience, I’ve noted that truck drivers are on avg more likely to be shitty egotistical drivers.

    I think it’s bc they have small dicks, and they feel safe in their giant metal death machine. Nice n cozy, perfectly ready to tailgate a Mazda MX-5

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin’ ads that frame them as fancy cars.

      Czech ad for Amarok V6
      “The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”

      I suggest making it illegal to buy them without a registered company or have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).

      Yellow truck Camo truck

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          Makes sense. In the Czech Republic and probably most of EU, a standard license applies to vehicles up to 3.5 t. Adding a category would help.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I disagree on all accounts. Instead of banning/restricting trucks, we should instead make them less convenient and more expensive. So:

        • restructure cities to be transit and pedestrian first, not traffic first - see The Netherlands
        • charge vehicle registration fees based on curb weight, since heavier vehicles destroy roads more; multiply this by miles driven, less any documentation the owner has about driving on private land
        • charge an extra fee for vehicles falling net mpg targets; don’t special case SUVs and trucks, just tax them (and have certain exceptions to the tax, like if you actually use the higher passenger capacity of minivans, have a farm, etc)

        The taxes would go toward pedestrian and transit infrastructure to offset the lower efficiency and greater danger larger vehicles pose.

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          Yes, of course. I am not entirely serious with this plan either – there is no way you could convince existing owners to have them recolored.