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by raverbashing 727 days ago
Or change the licensing laws to be similar to other countries where a "regular" car driver's license only allows for a smaller weight vehicle.
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In Europe regular B license for cars only allow up to 3500 kg gross weight. For car or combination. That is already lot of car.
I did an internship for Mercedes and I was able to drive our mid-sized R&D bus as my (routine) American driver's license allowed me to drive vehicles and vehicle combinations up to 26000 lbs GVWR/GCWR. Several of my German colleagues did not have a license permitting them to drive it.