Not all heroes wear capes.

You're doing good work there, keep it up 😉

Wait, your police is acting on those reports? Any hints on how to manage that?

The Polish Anzeigenhauptmeister

Me too

signed by a sad european

It used to be that you would see one every now and then, inclusive the ridiculous red blinkers, and they you would do your civil duty and point at it and laugh, because you knew he payed a lot of money to get a shitty car imported. Now, just like McDonald's, they are everywhere. Please america, make something that doesn't suck ass, since people have to adopt everything from over there.

With significantly fewer school shootings in Europe, kids need to learn fear from somewhere. Why not fear the yank tank?

"Regulatory capture, got it" -Auto industry

They are already somewhat regulated: In europe, they are considered trucks, not personal cars, so you can't practically use them in the cities, park them on regular parking spots etc.

Ridiculous things.

Meet my sister in law. Hardly goes anywhere as she can't park it. Doesn't visit my wife anymore as she says out car park is too small. Even though workmen and delivery vans get in and out OK. She had a Peugeot 208 which she could park anywhere, but 'upgraded' to a 3008 to fit in with her posh friends. She's retired. And lives in Hertford UK. Not known for it's wide sweeping vistas. FFS.

Follow the lead of activists in Britain. Flatten the tires by pressing on the valve stem. No property damage to people that might have been out of options, and sends a clear message that large vehicles aren't welcome

It's not just people wanting bigger vehicles. It's an intentional move by vehicle manufacturers to push light trucks, which have less strict safety and emissions standards, leading to higher profit margins.

So it’s not an uniquely American problem after all. Fuckers everywhere.

Society beware that we are tacitly allowing these child-murdering horrors into our communities

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. It is hilarious in a black humor way. For us Europeans that's a giant monster, because it is, while a lot of Americans would consider it a little baby truck because they are so brainwashed.

Agreed lol.

Its not literally the smallest pickup truck on American roads, a few people still have older, smaller models from the 80s or whatever...

...but far larger trucks than in this image are absolutely everywhere.

And I say this as someone who used to drive a hatchback and routinely laugh at all the moron truck drivers who spend an hour trying to figure out where to park their F350 duallies in a dense downtown part of American city, baffled by the idea that the urban core doesn't have Walmart sized parking lots every block.

These literal tank sized trucks are the smallest modern variants of American trucks. The larger ones are incredibly common and even larger than these.

Here's a quick example:

The white truck in this image is roughly the same size as the trucks in the tank/truck comparison and the article's image, the black truck behind it is closer to what more and more Americans drive, and many drive ones that are even larger than that.

It's pretty big in Europes tight streets, they have tiny cars for a reason. I have no idea why someone would try to drive that truck over there.