Those have to park somewhere and can’t do so legally due to size and permissible gross weight. I usually get out of my way to report incorrectly parked SUVs, BMWs, Audis and such (we have a nice app from an indie dev for that in Poland). I’ve been averaging a dozen or so towed or wheel locked cars per week based on responses from city guard. I’ll keep on doing this until those fuckers learn to stay away from our cities.

I miss the days when Europeans would justly laugh in our faces about the size of our trucks.

Speaking as an American, I am so sorry.

Thats so much bullshit. Pretty much only assholes are buying them here. Fucking ban them.

Deadly carbrain contagion

Been seeing these more and more common in London, along with most people buying massive cars generally. I just don't get it. They really struggle with the tight roads, parked cars, small lanes, car parks etc. Its embarrassing to watch frankly!

Sounds like a regulatable problem.

These things need to be outlawed.

That's a Grammy! I'm glad she's safe 🙂. WTF.

Maybe they should enact the keitruck law... No truck allowed unless it fits in a shipping container etc etc. I think it's reasonable. Because if we're not getting kei trucks here in the US, you big manufacturers don't deserve to sell outside the US.

Lemmy, open the article. It's 6k vehicles per year in a continent of half a billion people.

It's on the rise, as in before it was nobody, and now 0.1% of the farmers bought one. And a 100 lunatics.

It's still illegal to drive and park in most places due to size, so as a pesky city dweller, I probably still won't get to see any.

Reminds me of America in the 80s when for a brief time the Jeep Cherokee or Ford Bronco were cool sort-of-rare vehicles. A few years later it was obvious it had become a trend and was A Very Bad Thing and I couldn't wait for it to die out.

Still waiting.

We need Paris-Pickup-Parking-Prices everywhere. They're 18€/h. If you want your stupid tank within city limits pay for it.

So it's not an uniquely American problem after all. Fuckers everywhere want bigger and bigger cars.