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[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 74 points 22 hours ago

Why have they caved? These vehicles arenโ€™t appropriate here.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 53 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

As someone from the US, they're mostly not appropriate here either. They rarely get used for anything except driving to/from work. They are more like massive uneconomical vans with four luxury seats rather than work trucks (again, when they nearly always have a driver and no passengers).

That being said, my fiancรฉ lives in the Philippines (Specifically in Manila, the most densely populated city on the planet), and every time I visit it's clear the same stupid oversized trucks are everywhere and I doubt anywhere in the EU will be different.

Just like requiring seatbelts to be a rule, you need to put rules in place so the idiots don't destroy everything, that's pretty much advanced modern society.

[-] stormeuh@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

Yeah there are a fuckton of "real men" in Europe, influenced by the firehose of toxic culture coming from the US. I agree 100%, governments need to prevent selfish idiots from endangering others with their bad choices.

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 5 points 17 hours ago

Pavement princesses.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 26 points 20 hours ago

They probably figured that they can sell trucks but nobody is obligated to buy them. The taxes are on weight and prices for fuel are not compatible with gas guzzlers. The really heavy ones need a different driving license. Also in places the tax exemption for cargo didn't work anymore.

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Man I sure do love when people with money can pay to inconvenience everyone else

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

EU works for lobbies. Not Europeans.

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