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[–] constnt@lemmy.world 91 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

There is a law in the US that says trucks must meet a certain Miles per gallon fuel economy. But there is a loop hole that says trucks over a certain size are not included in that law. So as long as the trucks are ridiculously big they don't need to worry about their fuel economy.

Edit: it's the CAFE law.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 32 points 9 months ago (10 children)

This seems counterintuitive

[–] constnt@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because car companies send lobbyists to Congress and pay to influence bills.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

*bribe

It's legalized bribery.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

It's called lobbying if it occurs in the registered geographic region of Washington DC, everywhere else it's sparkling bribery.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

At the time the law was passed, the carve out was for work trucks which made a minority of the market. Possibly less than 10%, but they also put tariffs on the light trucks imported from Asia, and so now almost 30 years later we have the situation we've got now.

We need to revoke the tariffs on the light trucks for normal people.

Also make it so you have to have a business licence to buy them, and a CDL to drive these "work trucks"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Does anyone make light trucks anymore? Even Toyotas are 3x bigger than they used to be.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Isuzu still has a light truck division, and the Asian market still has loads of smaller vehicles, we just need to get off this "tank obsession" here in the US

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

In Europe we have vans, they use barely more fuel than regular cars (at least until the really big ones) and can be used for just about any trade.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We also need to get rid of the chicken tax

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Makes money without having to make effort to better their cars, seems very intuitive.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Welcome to the USA of today.

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[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

"your vehicle needs to be efficient by law, unless your vehicle is super inefficient then no worries there big guy"

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

holy hell. that's just idiotic. who has that much money to blow on gas?

edit: i saw a post recently saying it costs some truck owner $80 to drive to and from work. i did the math and estimated 8 mpg, so i thought they were exaggerating. but nope, my estimate was pretty damn close to reality, and that's an absurd amount of money to just throw away every day

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[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 83 points 9 months ago
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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 51 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] dditty@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

Lol I also immediately thought of BMW when I saw OP's meme. The current M3/4's buck teeth are atrocious and I will die on that hill.

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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 46 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"But ma airflow!" they'll counter, seemingly oblivous to the fact that even the t-600 Kenworths have a smaller grill and work just fine.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Its also easier to see someone standing in front of that KW than in front of a 2023 Silverado.

[–] youRFate@feddit.de 12 points 9 months ago

There was a post recently where they figured out that you have better forward visibility in an Abrams tank than in several modern suvs and trucks.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yup, I've driven kenworths since the mid 90's, never once ran over anything I didn't intend to. Visibility is pretty good in those things.

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

2070 seems like a stretch.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I saw a truck like this last week. The hood must've been over 5ft high. Absolutely ridiculous.

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[–] JoShmoe@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

I refuse to believe that these vehicles are not already plaguing our roads.

[–] ZeroMmX@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The sad part is I did not see this a joke at first. I can walk out to the street right now and there are at least two trucks that I can stand in front of and be eye level with the hood.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I want EU laws against this shit they're slowly gaining in popularity here (mostly due to micro-egos compensating with US imports, incidentally for actual work purpose).

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[–] nuke@yah.lol 20 points 9 months ago

Needs more lights so I can blind the crap out of everyone in front of me

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago

Before long, it'll be all grill

GM already did that with their trains a long time ago. In the picture below you are looking at the front of the train.

EMD Long Hood

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can see the sky, and the sky is beautiful. Why would you care about an ugly road or NSFL gore in front of your car?

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Upgrade to the premium suspension option! You already can't see the corpses, but with airsuspend+ you won't feel them either! It's like you're not even committing the murder!

/S

[–] kubica@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago

Lights would be higher to blind as many people as possible.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

Are you truly an American if you don't own one of these for the express purposes of turning it on its side and grilling steaks on it?

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Make a law saying they need those convex front mirrors like school busses have and see how fast this trend dies.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Toyota is right there with them

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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Chevrolet's pickup truck in 2077

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You forgot 6 - 8 doors. Those assholes are turning pickup trucks into minivans.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It'll have a canon. I'm sure very soon they'll start mounting guns on the hood.

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