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Well, it's easy. That's the one of the main purposes of governments.
by 1270018080 3y ago
Well, it's easy. That's the one of the main purposes of governments.
- baggy_trough 3y agoPoorly designed legislation is the reason American cars are so large.
- sebzim4500 3y agoDo other countries have laws discouraging large cars? I just assumed that people drive small cars in Europe because driving a large car would be a logistical nightmare. You'd never be able to park for a start.
- baggy_trough 3y agoMy point is that American laws encourage large cars.
- sebzim4500 3y agoWhich laws? I've never lived in the US
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- baggy_trough 3y agoHere's one article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions-suvs-size-explainer-idUSKBN21D1KK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions-suvs-size...
- rootusrootus 3y agoEurope has significant pigovian taxes on fuel, for starters. More than half the retail price of gasoline. Probably that would be political suicide in the US.
- pc86 3y agoNo, you just don't understand, we need more legislation. We'll get it right eventually, I'm sure of it. On a more serious note, I wonder how much of this is related to regulatory capture in the automotive industry. I could be wrong but I would think the profit margin on something like a Land Cruiser is quite a bit more than something like a Corolla. There are a lot of sunk costs in just getting any one vehicle of any size to the sales lot, so is there an incentive to be able to make bigger cars and therefore a larger profit (either percentage or absolute) per vehicle?
- mrguyorama 3y agoTalk to car salespeople. Large american vehicles have nothing to do with law and everything to do with the american consumer preferring larger vehicles. You can see it in this very thread, they want to "feel" safer.
- baggy_trough 3y agoIt's probably a mixture of both, but don't underestimate the impact of laws that make large cars/trucks cheaper and that make smaller cars cost prohibitive.
- frumper 3y agoI want my kids car seat to fit behind me and I don't have to feel like a sardine.
- NoGravitas 3y agoI hauled two kids around in a Toyota Matrix (Corolla station wagon) for years, and never had a problem with the car seat not fitting or making me feel like a sardine.
- frumper 3y agoOk. I test drove a Rav4 and could not fit with our car seat. I could not fit the car seat behind me in our Acura TLX. I am not exceptionally tall.