Politico reported this week that the European Commission has acknowledged the concerns raised by the influx of US-style pick-up trucks entering the EU [1], in response to a letter [2] co-signed by ECF and seven other organisations. Together, the organisations called on the EU Commission to close loopholes in European and national legislation that currently allow these vehicles to enter the EU with limited to no safety or environmental protection regulations.
I want to see more little, compact trucks in the US.
I’m old enough to remember when trucks weren’t luxury vehicles or fashion statements, and didn’t cost more than actual luxury sedans. The automakers are making too good of margins off these stupid trucks to stop on their own, either they need to fall out of favor with consumers or it needs to be regulated.
States seem to be trying their best to ban them last I checked in on kei trucks. They claim they’re not safe enough yet hundred year old cars are still street legal and motorcycles exist just fine.
The smaller trucks would be a lot safer if they weren’t sharing the road with trucks 3x their size.
The US is stuck in an arms race. With guns, and cars, and pretty much anything it seems.
“I’ll be safe if I have the biggest gun”
“I’ll be safe if I have the biggest car”
The safety of others doesn’t matter. They just have to get bigger guns and bigger cars.
Obviously going the other way around would be unsafe.