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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by Shivetya on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:35AM (#23154447)
3 times the weight of the car, 1.5x for large vehicles, is a US requirement to how much the roof can support, this is part of protecting occupants during a roll over; this was from 2010 and may have new requirements[0][1]

[0]https://www.martindale.com/antitrust-trade-regulation-law/ar...

[1]https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2010/04/nhtsa-decli...

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Re:Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos by aidenn0 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:33AM (#23163509)
That's a static load; the actual amount of luggage a car is rated for carrying on the roof is much less (usually somewhere in the mid 100s for a passenger vehicle).
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