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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There's this dude on YouTube called oats Jenkins and makes better versions of things, he made a "traffic 2" video and in it he said something along the lines of "oh and you will need a permission ticket for a pickup added to your driving licence if you want one, so that only people who need a pickup truck can have one"

This is absolutely genius in my opinion, and I saw these big ass pickups spreading into europe, and like where I live (pretty small far away town of which there's a ton of in Europe) they would take up somewhere to 3/4 to the full damn road (I saw someone drive one and it really went like that those things are as big as a bus)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

In the Netherlands you need to register one as a company vehicle to be able to import it which seems like it'd be a pretty sizeable limitation... yet I still see these pieces of shit everywhere, being used as personal vehicles exclusively

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until you see the guys with the extended length mirrors so they can cosplay driving a big rig. They stick out over the lines in Canada.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So, do they get smashed often by traffic in other lanes? If so, which baseball bat is recommended for this glorious pastime?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I’ve seen a fair few cobbled together with tape, but I can’t say whether that’s because the driver needs the extended mirrors and sucks at driving or the get smashed.

They’re supposed to be for when you have a trailer to decrease your blind spot, but I never see them used with trailers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

these big ass pickups spreading into Europe

https://xkcd.com/37/