Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by johanvts on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:30AM
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It should be illegal, but I do think you might just be living close to some people who really love trucks. 5k is not a lot across Europe, popular models sell 10x that.
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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by wongarsu on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:52AM
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They are heavily clustered around US military bases. If you life near one you will see a lot if oversized US vehicles, in most of the rest of Europe you can go months or years without seeing one
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by georgefrowny on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:08AM
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Honestly, local governments should just grow a pair and say no to this kind of shit.
If the US government wants to give its soldiers perks, they can rent them a local car. Probably cheaper all round than flying in their financed Dodge RAM anyway.
Then again, American personnel being arseholes to the locals is well established from Okinawa to Croughton so it's probably endorsed as a power thing.
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by masklinn on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:01AM
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> They are heavily clustered around US military bases.
They’re clustered around areas of idiots with means. I’m nowhere near a us military base but there’s a bunch of these where I live, including two or three owned at houses I pass by on my way to work.