Title text:
‘They really shouldn’t let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I’m going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.’
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3167/
Just gonna keep on posting this
I should get an M1 Abrams and write off as a business expense
A 0.2m tall 3 year old??nope, reading comprehension, that’s distance
I’m not even against large vehicles as there are legit use cases for them. I just think they should cost more, be taxed more, and be forbidden to park in certain areas.
They already cost more and considering they have worse gas mileage, they paying more taxes on fuel as well.
I agree with the parking though, back of the lot with ya.
in reality most (all?) states in the US don’t charge progressively more for vehicle registration based on weight, and even when they do, the thresholds are really high. So a F-150 weighing over 5000 lbs may pay the same as a Honda Civic weighing half of that.
Texas used to, maybe still does. You made me try to look it up and couldn’t find a simple source. Plenty of states use MRSP or some measure of the vehicle’s value.
Back in the day (Tulsa, OK) my friend had a 2-ton dump truck with antique tags (over 25-yo), paid $20. Meanwhile, someone buying a super-light Corvette was paying $650. (early 90s money)
I say go on weight, maybe some factoring of value. Registration fees are paying for roads, if your monster vehicle is doing more damage, you pay more.
Yeah my state taxes you based on MSRP too. $25 per $1000 of value, 10% of MSRP value after 5 years.
So if your MSRP was 50K, it’s $125 forever.
If they’re EVs they’re heavier, causing more road wear, and don’t pay gas taxes
Except in NJ where you get raked over the coals for your yearly car tax… errr… “registration”.
It’s the damnest thing; they seem to lose my vehicle registration every year but my marriage registration is good indefinitely.
I just think they should cost more, be taxed more, and be forbidden to park in certain areas.
This won’t help with rich assholes who want to drive around an F-950 or whatever, but will make groceries more expensive.
What really needs to happen is to mandate a special license to drive anything over like 2500 kg, and only be able to register it to a business with a valid use-case. To get a “small car” license (B-type), you have to pass an easy theory exam and drive around a tiny sedan around a city for 30 minutes (at least in europe). Trucks have different driving characteristics and are way more dangerous, so the driving tests should be way more difficult too.
Also, maybe this?
Oh, also, ban private cars in cities. Like, completely. Cars are so dangerous that their amount in populated areas needs to be kept to an absolute minimum.
Should have to register them against a business or something that is licensed for truck use… Then let other people rent them.
The number of massive trucks I see without a speck of dirt in the bed that are used mainly for commuting and groceries is pathetic.
I think there have been occasions where I have passed a truck stopped at a red light on my bike, while carrying more groceries or other materials than they have in their entire backseat and bed.
And with the short box option, so you can’t fit 4x8 sheets of stuff in there anyway. Better off with a minivan.
So much this. I can somewhat forgive a stupid sized truck if it was used for work or some kind of off roading.
Fucking with a coworker back in the day who drove a monster SUV with zero need. I don’t noramlly make judgement on that but I knew the family well. Her husband had a nice truck and their one kid was adult and moved out.
“I drive it because it’s safer.”
“So you’re happy to kill someone in a tiny car like mine, as long as you’re OK?”
<stares motherfuckerly>
“Aren’t you Christian? What do you figure Jesus would say about that?”
“Get out of my office Shalafi.”
🤷🏻
Old joke, but Jesus drove a Honda sedan.
He and his disciples were together in one Accord.
Maybe he doesn’t mention it cause it’s all dinged up since he’s shit at parking. Thinking you’re a god means fuck off fuck off in parallel
According to The Simpsons, it was blue.
John 10:18:
“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father”.
He didnt just drive it, he raced it, using NOS given to him by god!
It isn’t safer if all of the other drivers are also in massive suvs.
This could be solved so many different ways.
The most obvious is getting rid of the stupid CAFE regulations and Chicken tax that basically incentivise the fuck out of making these monstrosities.
The others are less likely to be done in a country like the USA with its 2 party system where the options are conservatism and fascist conservatism.
There really is an xkcd for everything.
We’re in the “I need to make my headlights brighter than the sun phase”. It’s just before the spike club panel
The thing that really frustrates me is that I can’t buy the car I want. I would like a successor to my Chevy Volt but it’s become very difficult to find a compact hybrid hatchback in the States. It’s basically Prius Prime or bust, and the Prius is not nearly as fun to drive as the Volt.
Yeah. I am getting an Integra.
It’s the only decent hatchback that is sporty that’s left. And it’s not cheap either.
The civic hybrid is really good, it just came out. Much better than the Prius. But there is very limited selection.
Yes, Civic hybrid looks good. Too bad no plug-in option for it :( The discontinued Honda Clarity plug-in might be a used option, but it’s kind of frumpy to be honest.
INTRODUCING…GRAVE DIGGER!!!
Oh he’s about to flip over.
You’ve fallen for one of the classic blunders!
Don’t forget your bullet proof windows, solid steel armor and spikes:
Reminds me of the lead up to WW1 where Germany and Britain were in a race to see who could crank out the biggest dreadnaughts.
“We’re also going to make cars uglier as they get bigger too. Can’t have style, that might distract other drivers”
All while the subprime delinquency rate is getting worse. Yes, AmeriKa, keep buying those gas guzzling fully loaded behemoths that you can barely afford to insure, fuel up and maintain. Don’t forget to apply for a 96 month car loan.
What I want to feel safe on the roads is the Ramp Buggy from GTA Online.
Clearly we need to start actively destroying larger vehicles to address this problem.
