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Allow them, don’t ban.

BUT make owning one so expensive and annoying nobody wants to get one.

Extra taxes, extra costs, don’t let big gas guzzlers in city centres etc.

Some places are taxing / fining vehicles over a certain weight. That seems like a good solution. The fine should be proportional to the offender's wealth/income though or rich people will just be able to ignore it.

As and American and specifically a New Yorker I absolutely despise cars and I mean all cars. Genuenly I think if any city in America, New York should be the one that bans all cars and replaces the roads with biking/pedestrian roads. The grand majority of people here dont even own a car let alone acturally use one, most drivers here are coming in from New Jersey (probrally because the New Jersey public transportation system sucks.)

Hell I say we should bring back trams (modern European Trams) to replace the busses and expand the metro system. We dont need cars we need more options for public transportation and a greater biking infrastructure. We are so close yet so far from completely changing the image from a loud city with garbage drivers to a beautiful city with no cars.

I know many Europeans are feeling the same so for those living in cities I encurage you to demand the same from your city governments. CARS DONT BELONG IN CITIES

The worst part is you can't see children and teenagers walking Infront of them. Which means you can't see normal cars Infront of you either. They are essentially worse than semi-trucks because they have slanted hoods, mirrors and better designed visibility and laws.

A Hummer in Tokyo?! Honestly that's impressive, considering the width of most non-main roads there. But still, why would one need such a car in such a place? Tokyo works even better without a car at all, imho.

that one way becomes a no-eay real quick when they meet somebody who calls their bluff

The only thing I've seen people haul with these (in Europe) is their own overinflated ego. That's all they're for it seems.

I don't think I've ever seen one with something in the bed.

That's usually the case here in the States as well. Not to mention how high the bed sits! You have to lift stuff to shoulder height to load the damn things, lol. They've become caricatures of trucks at this point.

In the USA (and I think Canada, and maybe Mexico) pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans are classified as "light trucks". That's a different category from cars. That exempts them from a lot of regulations that would seem like they should apply to every vehicle. For example, you'd think that every vehicle on the road would have to have their bumpers at the same height, otherwise when two vehicles collide their bumpers might miss. While it's true that cars have to have their bumpers at a certain height, "light trucks" don't have to follow that same regulation, and often have higher bumpers, meaning they go over the bumpers of cars and directly impact the bodywork. They also get away from having to follow emissions standards, etc.

I don't know what EU regulations are like, but I really hope they prevent the US manufacturers from exporting that loophole to Europe. They'll probably get away with classifying them as a kind of vehicle that requires the same license as a normal car. However, hopefully the EU will require that they follow other car-like regulations too, like bumper height, safety systems, etc.

The excuse I've heard is that they want visibility because everyone else has tall ass jacked up trucks they need to be jacked up too.

With that mentality, we should fit all of our toddlers and preteens with stilts and hivis vests so these poor truck owners will see them over the massive hood.

I think there is a certain percentage of the population that is a problem everywhere.