[scottyah]

Europe's safety is optimized for its environment: mostly narrow, crooked, and crowded streets with a lot of pedestrians. Most use cases for a pickup truck that's only sold in North America are in the part of America where you're much more likely to crash into a tree, deer, fence post, etc than you are a person.

[woodruffw]

I see lots of SUVs in Europe, which are light-truck sized (and are more often than not built on top of light truck chassis). That plus the preponderance of trucks in US cities suggests to me that it's mostly a cultural and regulatory issue, not a matter of driving environment.

[jimnotgym]

I can't think of a single SUV that is built on top of a chassis on sale in 2025?

[sottol]

Aren't the Wagoneer, Escalade, Yukon and Tahoe all body-on-frame based on a truck chassis?

[jimnotgym]

The OP said 'in Europe'. I'm only in one bit of Europe admittedly, but I haven't seen any of those on the road. I don't think they are generally available.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

> Most use cases for a pickup truck that's only sold in North America are in the part of America where you're much more likely to crash into a tree, deer, fence post, etc than you are a person.

Not many trees, deer, fence posts in the Costco parking lot compared to people.

[rsynnott]

Dunno; last time I was in SF, I saw one of these absurd items (they are even sillier in person), right in the city, lots of people around. If they’re so rural-adapted, perhaps they shouldn’t be allowed enter built-up areas.

[brendoelfrendo]

Really? Someone should tell all of the suburban and city-dwelling truck owners that.