SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
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There is some serious money to be made here, make the VAT on them 80% and Road tax £5,000pa, it may keep a few of them off the road!
I HATE them. Poor Edsel. Born a century too early.
Why is that child standing in the road? I grew up on a 4-lane roadway and could cross the street by myself at 3 yo without getting hit.
And just btw, I do bot drive a 2k lb weapon
Just a reminder that the American auto manufacturers conspired, executed, and were convicted of a plan to systematically destroy the public transport systems of US cities, and were ultimately fined $1.
They can’t see us and are impossible to climb 🙄
I require a Ute 4WD for my farm work, my current one is 11 years old, and at least 120mm lower at the front of the hood. I am holding on to the old ute, as I can't in good faith buy one of these ridiculous things. Really there is no alternative from any brand on the market.
People who actually use trucks for work in North America tend to buy older models, if they're available, because most of the trucks nowadays don't actually have a long enough bed to fit construction materials.
IMPORTANT: When cities create new parking strategies, they should specifically state that they will NOT expand required parking space sizes to accommodate bigger personal vehicles. Just like more lanes induce more driving, bigger parking spaces induce bigger vehicle purchases.
My friend actually needs a big truck....I borrowed it to take some large items to our daughter's house 5 hours away. We stopped for a coffee along the way and I almost panicked when I saw there were people walking across the parking lot and I wasn't completely able to see them.
Massive vehicles in normal car parks mean that other drivers get squeezed. Drivers of monster cars don’t appear particularly considerate. Two thoughts, tax them on purchase and / or have large spaces at the far end of the car park.
A man in a pickup truck parked across the line in a car park. I parked next to him, making it impossible to reenter the truck from the drivers side. He asks “Can’t you park elsewhere?” I reply “Can’t you park inside the lines?” and walk away.
But countries need to be the first line of defense. Hefty $$ barriers on importing and registering bigger personal vehicles.
I had to rent an F-150 recently and it was huge. No need for a 5’ high hood. Just a menace vehicle.
RAM bully truck in a cul-de-sac making SUVs look small 😡 Aotearoa New Zealand
We drive a FIAT Panda There is a local road bully with a RAM My FIAT is nippy - gets from stopped to 100km/h pretty swiftly, but he can’t stand being behind me and makes stupid driving decisions to get in front I smile, thinking of his fuel and maintenance bill It must be huge
I visited the USA in the 1990s and I remember seeing a mid size truck dwarfing a S Class Merc in the adjoining lane. At the time here nothing dwarfed a S Class! It was a very odd sight.
Bigger people require bigger vehicles. "more than 70 percent of Americans being overweight and 36.5 percent being obese."
I disagree with this statement. I am a large person and I comfortably drive a late model VW Golf. My tall father fits in without hitting his head. Bigger people don't need oversized vehicles. Insecure and self-centered people need oversized vehicles.
Golf seat much to low for my wife's old, one replaced, hips.
Folks with disabilities need and deserve safe, cheap, convenient, reliable public transit. As do the rest of us.
Two busses a day here. Car essential.
For me, all car-parking should be underground. And public transport should be free.
It never ceases to amaze me how city people don't understand that when you don't live in a metropolis with 24/7 bus service and everthing is closeby that people out in the suburbs/country need to travel great distances, often in dangerous conditions and that the big vehicles are good for our safety.
Nope. That's just bullshit. Single vehicle accidents kill people on country roads and being in a giant wankpanzer does nothing to improve collision safety when hitting trees or rolling off a shoulder.
Triggered much? What a hateful elitist response. This is about the city’s anti commuter, anti big vehicle campaign, making the ppl who drive to the city for work suffer. Large cities have atrocious affordability issues that’s why you ppl are moving out to our communities and driving up housing costs
Sorry I insulted your Emotional Support Vehicle. Try developing a personality that doesn't require fossil fuels and oil changes.
Bet you thought that was clever. I can do the same, watch: try developing a personality that doesn’t require farmers markets and cargo bikes 😂 You realize how ironic this is, considering you’ve made your pfp, name AND handle all about cargo bikes? 🤡
When I commuted to upscale Toronto schools and all the snobbish teachers there bragged about how great it was to have everything within walking distance or the convenience of having a lil bus ride down the block, or how they didn’t own a vehicle; they still accepted my car rides. Every damn time 🤨🙄🤡
I'm thinking the only single woman that has ever entered your truck was your mom.
Trust me I wouldn’t drive my RAM through an urban hell hole, that vehicle is used for when I tow the camping trailer on family trips. You should try it, it’s quite fun. For Toronto commuting, I prefer just hopping in my wife’s big 4 door Jeep. She’ll do the driving too. Girl power!
Induced bloat
lol, some of us need larger vehicles for towing capacity and work. Pick your battles, this is stupid.
It's stunningly irresponsible. And yes, insane how this was allowed to get to this point. Not Just Bikes is excellent; thanks for sharing this.
I’ve been looking for an almost new station wagon and it’s all suv crossovers out there now. And forget finding an electric or even hybrid wagon. So messed up.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social Took me a while to search for my oroginal post. I had performed paralax error correction on @notjustbikes thumbnail back when video was published 😉 Note, an adult politician in Paris had published a photo of herself next to an SUV to show […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]
It's the false sense of higher status (and safety) that's elevating the selling of these monsters. A good outcome of shaming the cybertruck hopefully can infect the suv sales. Also higher fuel prices might do the same :).
This video is like the red pill Neo takes from Morpheus. You can never go back. Trucks today are emotional support Tonka toys for men without fully developed intelligence.
When it comes to NJB, the joke is "orange pilled". Dutch royal colour.
I've been saying this for ages. I'd like my local council (and government) to do something about them in Belgium where we're seeing more and more of them appearing. I made a petition, but no supporters until now. ☹️ www.petitions.net/monster_pick...
Same here in Liège. We see more and more of these monstrous trucks. And, to the local council, this is an absolute non-issue. An invisible topic. Something that just doesn’t exist in their mind.
Totally agree. I just don't know what to do, hence my petition. Maybe next I'll just write to the commune (1030), but I guess 1 letter/email won't do much.
I also guess it wouldn’t do much, unfortunately. But the more I think about it, the more I think having incompetent municipal authorities is not the biggest problem. I’m far more worried about regular people inventing excuses for allowing these trucks, even when these people do not own a car.
Yes, you're right. But, I think there must be some way of bringing this to the attention of councils and governments. I saw in the Guardian an article about the size causing parking problems. Which is at least an argument to start from, even if that's not the worst bit.
If I bring this argument to my local council, I’m afraid the only answer that will come to their mind is “let’s make more, bigger parking spots” (not kidding). That said, I would be a bit more hopeful if I was living in some of the Brussels’ municipalities, so it may be worth trying.
Yes, I know what you mean. I also wonder what they would/will say. Probably a pompous .. go away, and stop bothering us.
Yeah. You know, drivers need pickup trucks to go to work. Other transportation modes are just for leisure or — even worse — for the poor. (sarcasm)
Arms (or ‘cars’, if you wish) manufacturers (thanks to lots of money and lots of corrup… I mean, ‘raising awareness of politicians’) have indeed made a good job at brainwashing society as a whole. Especially their victims.
Cybertruck says hold my beer 😏