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> They should probably be required for all trucks. In your opinion > It doesn't have to fit all, but it does have to fit the environment, or at least take it

> They should probably be required for all trucks. In your opinion > It doesn't have to fit all, but it does have to fit the environment, or at least take it into consideration. What does that even mean? It's a completely arbitrary non-specific statement. Look - if people don't want large vehicles, trucks or otherwise, they'll stop buying them and manufacturers will stop making them. It's entirely your right to dislike the state of things, but I don't believe it's anyone's job or authority to force people to buy a Fiat 500 (a perfectly fine car for many) when they prefer an F-150.

mcv 4y ago
The problem is that currently people are buying an F-150 when it's not fine for them. People are buying them instead of Fiat 500s because in a Fiat 500 they feel less safe in between all those giant F-150s. Maybe you should look around a bit through the rest of the discussion here, but lots of people are pointing out that those F-150s exist because they don't have to meet the same requirements as the Fiat 500, which is ridiculous. Especially since they do require the same license. They don't have to meet the same requirements as passenger cars because by some rules, they don't count as passenger cars, but as trucks. But you can drive with with a regular license, and they're used as regular passenger cars. This discrepancy is causing problems with lots of people driving trucks far bigger than what they need. Also, apparently, US fuel efficiency rules seem to encourage larger cars, which are less fuel efficient. Clearly a broken system.
- GiorgioG 4y ago
  > The problem is that currently people are buying an F-150 when it's not fine for them. In your opinion. > Also, apparently, US fuel efficiency rules seem to encourage larger cars, which are less fuel efficient. I'm not sure where you get that idea from. We're generally less sensitive to fuel economy because gasoline in the US is cheap - because it's not taxed to the hilt (I'd be happy to pay higher taxes for universal healthcare, but that's another hot topic). > This discrepancy is causing problems with lots of people driving trucks far bigger than what they need. Again, "need" is subjective. You're in the EU and you have your own mindset that's very different from the vast majority of American's mindset (I would know, my parents are EU immigrants.) Nothing wrong with difference of opinions...but you're not going to change people's minds here with these arguments.
  - mcv 4y ago
    > I'm not sure where you get that idea from. From this very discussion. Read what some other people here write.

mcv 4y ago

The problem is that currently people are buying an F-150 when it's not fine for them. People are buying them instead of Fiat 500s because in a Fiat 500 they feel less safe in between all those giant F-150s. Maybe you should look around a bit through the rest of the discussion here, but lots of people are pointing out that those F-150s exist because they don't have to meet the same requirements as the Fiat 500, which is ridiculous. Especially since they do require the same license. They don't have to meet the same requirements as passenger cars because by some rules, they don't count as passenger cars, but as trucks. But you can drive with with a regular license, and they're used as regular passenger cars. This discrepancy is causing problems with lots of people driving trucks far bigger than what they need. Also, apparently, US fuel efficiency rules seem to encourage larger cars, which are less fuel efficient. Clearly a broken system.

GiorgioG 4y ago
> The problem is that currently people are buying an F-150 when it's not fine for them. In your opinion. > Also, apparently, US fuel efficiency rules seem to encourage larger cars, which are less fuel efficient. I'm not sure where you get that idea from. We're generally less sensitive to fuel economy because gasoline in the US is cheap - because it's not taxed to the hilt (I'd be happy to pay higher taxes for universal healthcare, but that's another hot topic). > This discrepancy is causing problems with lots of people driving trucks far bigger than what they need. Again, "need" is subjective. You're in the EU and you have your own mindset that's very different from the vast majority of American's mindset (I would know, my parents are EU immigrants.) Nothing wrong with difference of opinions...but you're not going to change people's minds here with these arguments.
- mcv 4y ago
  > I'm not sure where you get that idea from. From this very discussion. Read what some other people here write.