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    101 year ago

    I find it very strange that Americans consider ‘trucks’ and ‘cars’ to be two separate things. Trucks are cars.

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      101 year ago

      By law they are separate and distinct. Trucks are subject to less environmental regulations (emissions, mpg) are allowed to not conform as closely to automobile standards (the reason why you see trucks with the hood above the height of small children, and you need a stepladder to climb in) and also have to pass different crash tests to be considered “road safe” (a truck only has to not annihilate another truck in a crash test, but crash tests aren’t done with say a truck and a motorcycle, or a truck and a small car)

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        21 year ago

        I don’t think it works that way anywhere outside the US. Anyways, shouldn’t it be trucks and ‘other’ cars?

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          41 year ago

          Yeah, I was typing this up from the perspective of US laws. I would hope that it doesn’t work that way anywhere else! It is crazy here, haha But yes, it probably should be trucks and ‘other’ cars.

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        11 year ago

        Yes, they have the law tailored to actually prefer gas guzzlers over normal cars. And less need to care for the drivers or the environments safety.