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Big cars are dead weight dragging down climate policy (ketanjoshi.co)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

One solution would be requiring special license for larger vehicles.

A lot of people claim they need a car to get around. A normal license should allow you to drive just that - a sub 1 tonne vehicle.

Now, if you fancy a large utility vehicle with lots of blind zones and taking up extra space - that's no problem, just get extra training to learn how to drive it safely and get reevaluated yearly to show that you are not a danger on the road. A lower threshold to losing or suspending your license would help too.

This would dissuade a lot of people from upgrading to a large vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So a smart needs a special license, my mx5 too. My corsa i had beforehand also. So the European moped class am is what you want. Meaning the special license you want already exists and is called b, the typical car driving license.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Then stop giving those away and reserve them to those who really needs it. In my country, 80% of the people lives in urban area yet 80% of the people have a cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Don't get too hung up on details. It doesn't need to be a weight class. Class b doesn't require regular re-examining, which i think would be the key in deterring people who don't need it and ensure they have the skills to operate the vehicle safely.