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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Definitely notice a difference since buying the car I currently drive back in 2012. In my state around 70% of vehicles on the road are trucks or SUVs, while I'm out here driving a car that only weighs around 2500lbs.

Kinda worried about what would happen if I ever got in an accident, don't know if I would fare very well against the majority of vehicles sharing the road with me. Luckily I only live a couple miles from my work, so I'm not in my car very often.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

yeah. I actually notice most when in a parking lot and they can't keep these boats in the lines.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I work in a hospital and park in a big parking garage. You'll see brand new trucks with like 3 different back up cams take up 2 spaces because they still can't park. Lady, you are a tiny nurse and I can tell you've never towed anything or need to haul around shit in your tiny truck bed. Why have a truck in the first place?

I actually regularly move large shit around town...... I still don't have a giant truck. We just have a small trailer that we tow with my wife's Nissan Altima. Unless you actually have to tow a boat around or something modern trucks are fairly useless, they all have tiny beds nowadays.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

yeah I have a minivan and there was this time my father in law needed to move a fridge that would not fit in his truck without the gate down and his sons suv with the hatch closed. fit in the minivan though and with better gas mileage.

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[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

The US road network would take less wear and tear if people just switched to fucking Tiger tanks. At least the size and weight would be justified.

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