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How the automobile industry turned us into SUV drivers (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Idk if it's still on but at some point in Poland people were installing grates in the back of front seats because it legally made the car (even something like Daewoo Tico) into a truck which allowed tax benefits.