• @33550336
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    748 months ago

    I would not say that we can completely get rid of cars, or that all cars are evil, but such absurdly big, extremely inefficient trucks with negligible visibility just should be taxed to shit.

    • @[email protected]
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      258 months ago

      At the very least you should need a special license to operate them. They’re classed differently to avoid safety and emissions regulations imposed on regular cars, so its perfectly reasonable that there should be different requirements to purchase them and get behind the wheel.

      • @Potatos_are_not_friendsOP
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        98 months ago

        That’s brilliant.

        I cannot believe my license lets me drive all sorts of vehicle sizes that can outright crush/kill, right off the bat.

        But to operate a forklift or ride a motorcycle that is more likely to kill myself? Nah gotta have a license.

        • @[email protected]
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          48 months ago

          Not to mention the massive loads they can haul which basically turn them into semi trucks, vehicles which you would in fact need a special license to operate, with worse visibility to boot. Way too many people out there hauling ridiculously large campers and sometimes even towing an extra vehicle at the end of their train with zero special training to do so.

    • @Land_Strider
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      218 months ago

      Not even taxed. Outright banned. What happened to governments regulating and revising car safety standards? They can even collect all these back and offer change into more environment and traffic friendly ones, like they were doing 10 years ago.