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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by gramie on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:33PM (#35649162)
I would suspect that Japanese kei cars would not pass the safety requirements. Road speeds really are much slower over there. IIRC, the warning alarm on my kei car in the 90s would go off if I exceeded 90 km/h (about 55 mph).
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by bombcar on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:26AM (#35650368)
They would have to classify them as golf carts or something. There are various tricks, depending on the state.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by hahamrfunnyguy on Friday April 21, 2023 @06:46AM (#35651955)
The highways speeds are the same though. I drove a kei car on the highway in Japan. It was fine, but not a great driving experience. I wouldn't have wanted to drive a regular/full sized American car in Japan though, the roads are really narrow.
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