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[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 13 points 3 days ago

Anything over 4.5 tons needs a truck license and is speed limited to 100km. A RAM is 4.48 tons.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Drop the threshold to 4

[-] auzy1@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah. They need to lower, and set a lower physical length limit. At my local IGA the other day, there were a total of 4 large utes using 11 spots. The drivers are the laziest drivers on the planet.

They drive them like shit, they park like shit, and then use the size of their car as an excuse to drive like an unsupervised 12 year old who has never driven a car before.

Even worse, you never see them actually towing anything, and there is only a single dirty Dodge RAM out there (we actually did see one once, and the whole car pointed it out). You'll never see courier drivers with them, and the people you do see with them, are always the exact people you expect

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

I have a Hilux which I think is big . Used for farm work and towing while the EV is my preferred vehicle these days as it is much more cost effective. The Hilux is actually tiny compared with a RAM or Silverado. I’m quite conscious that visibility in a parking lot is bad around a Ute or SUV but as you say many are totally oblivious or just don’t care about their usage.

Parking inspectors could be a big help here.

[-] RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

The Importer de-rated their carrying capacity to keep them under the limit for what can be driven on a car licence.

is speed limited to 100km.

and also would require the driver to not exceed 0.00 BAC.

I wonder how the instant asset write off dropping to $20,000 (down from $150,000 in previous years!?!) has affected the sales of these vehicles.

[-] Geobloke@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

That's not even close to being true - a RAM 1500 is 2620kg. Still really heavy, but not close to the cut off

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

That GVM, vehicle plus load for a RAM 2500.

[-] brevl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Sounds like it falls in the under 5Ton category then? Even fully loaded?

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

4.5tons. It fits by a few kilos.

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