Stop being selfish and think of the shareholders! Buy a ridiculously oversized piece of crap truck to impress your neighbors. How else do you show how manly you are?!

You couldn't have linked the bloody video?

https://youtu.be/--832LV9a3I

I've always said that the fines for moving traffic violations need to be scaled to the weight of the vehicle.

It's insane that going 20 over the limit on a 250kg moped gets you the exact same fine as doing it in a 4 ton F-450.

It'd be nice to get them out of America, too.

Besides the obvious fact these trucks are too huge for European roads and parking spaces, America vehicles are simply hot garbage.

Everyone else on the road when one of these drives by with a loud muffler:

New f150s dwarf old f250s in size despite not being able to haul as much. I read somewhere that American farmers have a strong preference for pickups from the 90s because new trucks are worse at doing truck stuff in every way.

Hey OP.

I get some people prefer a screenshot here instead of just the youtube link, but why not put the youtube link in the body of the post?

The only thing more stupid than these tacky cars are the people sitting in them.

The fucked-up thing is these hulking beasts are a recent construct, we used to have genuinely small trucks here once.

A stock S10 from the '80s, '90s, or early '00s is going to be significantly smaller than a stock Colorado you can pick up new off the lot right now, for example, and that S10 would've been more than good enough for things like basic junk runs to the scrapyard or for hardware store runs for things like bags of sand or whatever.

They are so terrible

Some wealthy idiots in Europe will buy a handful of US pick-up trucks. The normal European would not waste their money on the insurance, emission taxes, fuel cost, and maintenance for that junk. Good luck parking it too. I always laughed when I saw a RAM on the Autobahn with the "AF" plates. Aral (Petrol Stations) were delighted when they had to fill it up off base.

Wouldn't this be a suitable topic for a citizens initiative? Along the lines of the stop killing games movement?

Wait until the CyberTruck arrives

I wish we had better EV towing vehicles in the US… my lightning is just too fucking big, but it’s the only thing that tows a horse trailer that isn’t a Model X (100K$ starting, 40K$ more than I paid for the Lightning) or a Model Y (barely useable; custom built “euro” trailer required to stay within towing capacity).

Seems like links to the video itself are missing in the post, here they are:

https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-keep-these-stupid-american-trucks / https://youtu.be/--832LV9a3I

Please let us yanks know how to do the same after you figure this out.

• Your friends across the pond

It's hilariously sad watching these huge trucks driving like they're corvettes on the highway.

Great

How?

There should be a system in place where, while not banned outright, private ownership of these trucks is dissuaded and favor is granted to commercial contractors. I don't know how such a system would be implemented but it would ensure that these behemoths stay off city streets. The obvious solution is to design streets that prioritize pedestrians and cyclists first, small cars second and commercial vehicles third but only if they're actively used in commercial labor.