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original post: https://feddit.org/post/10733288

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"This is why we don't need #US #cars in #Europe"

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[–] TON618@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Imagine thinking tariffs are why these warships don't sell in Europe.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Their road tax should be based on engine/volume/passenger capacity.

If you need it for work get a commercial.

[–] TON618@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

A transit or sprinter makes much more sense for commercial use in the vast majority of professions as the cargo space to vehicle ratio is much higher and you can lock the whole thing up.

The only profession so far I've seen where they make some kind of sense is for landscapers, and even that's debatable considering you can get sprinters with an open bed that is much larger then what's on these pickups.

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[–] shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de 260 points 4 days ago (12 children)

Someone in my city did this. Their car blocked the tram. The tram company ordered taxis for all passengers, and the car owner had to foot the bill.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 46 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Did the offender actually pay the bill? Did the tram company have to sue to get the money? Do you have a news article?

[–] The_Caretaker@urbanists.social 78 points 4 days ago (10 children)

@rabber @shadowtofu
Tram company makes money by moving people. When the tram line stops moving, they lose money by the minute. 1000 Euros per minute plus the standard fee for a parking ticket seems fair. That should make the driver pay attention in the future.

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[–] Lininop@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 days ago

There is something poetic about this image and how the USA "fits" in with the rest of the world.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I don't even drive a big vehicle, but I know that I would be mortified if I drove somewhere only to realize that my vehicle is like 2x the size of every other vehicle around me, and I cannot fit into any parking spot.

How do these people live with themselves? I would get out of the truck, take a look at how far I'm blocking the road, and then just drive away and never come back.

[–] elrecoal19_1@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago

They live without shame, thinking the rest of the world should accomidate for their monstrosities.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Here's an answer to your question in joke form.

How does a ~~deva~~ diva change a lightbulb?

She holds the bulb and waits for the world to revolve around her.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 284 points 5 days ago (7 children)

“This is why we don’t need #US #cars in #Europe”

We don't need this shit in the US, either. I hope that tram just rammed the fucker.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 169 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I hope the city seized the truck, auctioned it off, and fined the owner for littering.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 60 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (10 children)

In Estonia, at your second ~~speeding~~ drunk-driving violation they confiscate your vehicle - and if it's an SUV they send it to Ukraine.

For backstory, see latest episode of the podcast The Urbanist Agenda.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 178 points 5 days ago (14 children)

These cars should be banned in Europe. If your car doesn't fit into a parking spot, it's too big.

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.world 91 points 4 days ago (11 children)

They don't even fit in the parking spaces in the United States. I don't know how many times I've had to sit in the parking lot for 10 minutes waiting for some dipshit to figure out how to maneuver his monster vehicle into or out of a space.

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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 67 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Fuck that. Those cars should be banned here in america.

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 41 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How else are they gonna haul their 3 bags of groceries AND own the libs?

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 43 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Owners of such cars should be required to take extra training about where they can operate them, restricting them like large commercial vehicles (which these try to be)

Let them have them; don't let them drive them in tight urban areas, don't let them park in parking places that can't fit them

Australia is much like America with places designed for motor vehicles. So American light trucks fit here, but many of our carparks do not allow vehicles longer than 5m to enter

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[–] Doolbs@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And the orange man doesn't understand why Europeans don't want to buy American cars. :\

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[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Canadian here - they’re useless here too. Saw a guy the other day who couldn’t even put some 2x4s in his box because it was to short due to having full size back seats. He had them poking through the window into the cab 😂

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I saw a truck today, and I thought, if it were 1995 and you showed my mechanic old timer uncle that truck, he'd call you a yuppie

Big, beefy, and engineered to be loud this truck was, I don't think you could fit a 2x4 in the bed

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[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 4 days ago
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

American cars are the way they are because if you make them big enough, you can classify them as a truck. Trucks, because of old regulations aimed at farmers, have lower safety standards. The automakers thus don't have to spend as much on development and can make bank off of idiots that feel safer in their death traps just because they can see over the sedans.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 27 points 4 days ago

Trucks, because of old regulations aimed at farmers, have lower safety standards.

More importantly, they have lower standards for emissions and efficiency.
So the manufacturers would have to spend more on research and development, then build smaller cars which sell for less and fewer people buy – or they can go the other way, build bigger cars that are cheaper to make for more money to more people.

The real issue here is badly written regulations due to lobbying.
In Germany for example, a vehicle classified as "light truck" can't have a back seat.
Which is fine for farmers and craftsmen, but not for the majority of private citizens.
And for commercial trucks above 3.5 tons, you need a different driver's license.

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Modern day trolley problem. Do you ram the Dodge Ram?

[–] BynaD@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

Dodge the ram or ram the Dodge.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's not even a big one by US standards.

[–] ZeldaFreak@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Serious question: are you joking? We have a Doge Ram in my area and it's massive and it sends a lot of small pp vibes and now you are telling me, it isn't even that big.

At least I have the true freedom: no speed limit.

[–] TON618@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

This looks like Ram 1500 to me, there's also the 2500 and 3500. I don't know how much bigger they are in terms of size or percentage but they do differentiate mainly with things like payload capacity, so it follows they fill the caps between this and a full size transport truck.

But i'm pretty sure you can't have those on a normal drivers license in the NL as their weight + payload capacity exceeds 3500 kilo's.

Edit: If you really want to see an Avengers level joke, search for "Ford F-650 pickup" with your search engine of choice.

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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

We don't need US cars like that one in the US!

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 112 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Oh come on Netherlands, you're better than this, simply declare these vehicles not road worthy as they are not road worthy. Just give owners 6 months to get rid of their dumpster trucks and then prohibit them on public roads and we're done

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[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

From dodge ram to didn't dodge and was rammed

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[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee 45 points 4 days ago (5 children)

That will be expensive.
And dumb, how can you not see the tracks?

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 57 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Just like how they can't see kids when they're peeling off their driveway.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I worked the ER for a smaller hospital in the past and one evening I was called in because a father had ran over his own son with one of those pickups. The kid ran out to greet him but the father couldn't see his own kid because the lifted pickup's hood was too high.

I sincerely hate those wanktanks with all my heart and soul

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 91 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

This is 100% illegal, even if there was no tram rails. City would ~~toe~~ tow this car if they were quick enough to respond too.

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[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Great car for the first few weeks of a zombie apocalypse.

Not great for any other situation.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How would you navigate that through streets full of abandoned vehicles and debris? A bicycle is quiet, faster than a human or zombie, easy to service, easy to navigate and even carry where it can't go, and don't require fuel. If you want something faster and fuel driven, a motorcycle would be better than any car.

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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 92 points 5 days ago (2 children)

#1 vehicle for drivers being under the influence of alcohol.

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dodge Ram. Making bank off insecurity

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 38 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 80 points 5 days ago (6 children)

This looks like a show down.

Tram be like:

"You're big because the single person inside you is insecure.

I'm big because there are 100 people inside me.

We are not the same."

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would you even do that? Give that asshole a fat ticket for doing something like that

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Time to equip the tram with giant sawblades to clear the way.

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[–] shekau 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Too bad the tram havent hit his car

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 71 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Train can't dodge, but it can ram...

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago
[–] No1@aussie.zone 51 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Me to tram driver:

"SEND IT, BRO!"

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