• NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    EU: Your truck is unsafe because it is unusually large and has razor sharp edges at head height.

    US: Your truck is unsafe because it is too small to withstand a direct hit from one of our super safe giant axe head shaped cars.

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      “The only way to protect yourself from a giant truck is to have your own giant truck”

      Now where have I heard of this logic before? 🤔

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      4 days ago

      Well the larger trucks are exempt from the safety regulations is the reason it plays out that way. The spirit of the law I think is that they have a special use case and aren’t supposed to be the default vehicle someone would be driving. But it’s a loophole probably written in by the manufacturers themselves and that’s just how it was billed to whatever legislator that signed it.