Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks

Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by KennyBlanken on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:44PM (#35648491)

> You can import new tiny cars and drive them all you want on a farm or private grounds, you just can’t take them on roads if they don’t meat road safety standards.

If they don't pass emissions, they cannot be legally imported. It doesn't matter whether you want to use them on private property; that private property is still within the US, and subject to EPA regs.

People think the same thing about not having to register their snowmobile, ATV or whatever if they're hooning around on their farm or private property. Nope. State environmental cops will happily step onto your property, chase you down, and cite you.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by intrasight on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:04PM (#35649358)

Not true as it depends on the state. Perhaps your state cops will do that, but mine will not. In PA you can import such vehicles for off-road use as long as they are modified to have a maximum speed of 25mph. In MD, it's up to local jurisdictions.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by fooker on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:05PM (#35649361)

> State environmental cops

This is not an issue for most of the states where people actually own ATVs, snowmobiles and land to use those in.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by bombcar on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:20AM (#35650337)

And even so in most rural areas you’d have to piss off all the wrong people to have them even bother.

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