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fuck cars and live a little (lemmy.ca)

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

So they passed laws for emissions and fuel efficiency of passenger vehicles to help with pollution.

These laws force MPG ratings on sedans and SUVs. But they're looser for trucks. Car manufacturers realized its also looser since its calculated by weight.

So these fuckers decide to build SUVs on pickup truck frames and make pickups even bigger so they don't have to tighten up the fuel efficiency...

This is one of the main reasons there are so many bigger class vehicles being made now.

Add in all the new LED headlights. Which are too bright because the regulations are outdated based on wattage instead of lumens.

So you have taller vehicles with brighter headlights blinding everyone.

I'm at the point where I'm aiming for a SUV instead of a sedan for my next car...

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

If you dudes want to start over, feel free to copy our regulations. It would also allow you to sell cars here. LED headlights are great, given they keep to regulations.

Best, an European.