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[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 180 points 2 days ago (3 children)

EU: Your truck is unsafe because it is unusually large and has razor sharp edges at head height.

US: Your truck is unsafe because it is too small to withstand a direct hit from one of our super safe giant axe head shaped cars.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"The only way to protect yourself from a giant truck is to have your own giant truck"

Now where have I heard of this logic before? 🤔

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

With nuclear weapons.

Mutually Assured Destruction.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Well the larger trucks are exempt from the safety regulations is the reason it plays out that way. The spirit of the law I think is that they have a special use case and aren't supposed to be the default vehicle someone would be driving. But it's a loophole probably written in by the manufacturers themselves and that's just how it was billed to whatever legislator that signed it.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 56 points 2 days ago (3 children)

No pre installed firearms... Very unsafe...

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

the good, the bad, and the dodge ram.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I swapped the third cupholders for the pistol holster on my dodge.

I'm thinking of buying a ford F1-9001 for my next truck. They have quick-access assault rifle holsters.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Get the Ferd F-teen Thousand

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yessss, what a blast from the past!