Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets

Re:Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city str... by Neywiny on Thursday September 03, 2026 @06:52AM (#49548389)

Your edit reminds me of some years ago at a conference an American was asking in a boasting way what some European people thought of cybertrucks. I don't know if he owned one or worked on them or just liked them, but he seemed to want some praise on it. They tore into it including how big it was relative to narrow European streets and that they wouldn't be legal to sell in Europe. The guy didn't talk to them after that

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Re:Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city str... by kzrdude on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:04AM (#49548481)

In general, all cars are too wide now because they have gradually maximized their width up to a limit. The old Italian Fiat cars were much more nimble, of course.

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Re:Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city str... by PJ_Maybe on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:08AM (#49548509)

I saw one in Austria for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. It had Polish number plates, so presumably it is legal to buy and register one there, and to drive it in other EU countries.

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Re:Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city str... by yurishimo on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:16AM (#49548561)

There are some loopholes that exist for many european countries. The Netherlands has one cybertruck afaik.

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Re:Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city str... by noir_lord on Thursday September 03, 2026 @06:55AM (#49548414)

> was asking in a boasting way what some European people thought of cybertrucks

Not a lot at announcement and even less now, not seen one in the UK (they aren't road legal).

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