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by gfaster 1433 days ago
Ignoring the folly of the automobile being the only way to travel, and that independent mobility is all but dead in the United States, you are not the target of regulations like this. The target is needlessly large vehicles that do little but to stoke the ego of the owner, or maybe simply being another step up in the SUV safety arms race.
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AnimalMuppet 1433 days ago
> Ignoring the folly of the automobile being the only way to travel...

Thing is, if you drive 10 people, you drive one van. If ten people take the train or the bus, you buy ten tickets. Even if there were much better public transportation in the US, the economics push toward driving with larger family sizes.

> ... and that independent mobility is all but dead in the United States...

Not sure what you mean here?

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rpmisms 1433 days ago
Yes, my family is not in the mind of the people asking for pickup trucks to be banned, but generally people with that mindset don't ask for narrow, tailored legislation.

Source: we got burned by this plenty often.

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