Don't judge ... that poor man needs that large vehicle in order to accommodate his extremely large penis and enormous testicles ... the loud engine sounds are to warn others of his condition and let everyone know everywhere of what he has to live with ... that poor man ... it's a real problem
If the dough in the Bremerton hits me I fly over the hood. The dickless wonder in the truck can’t even see me walking and I’ll roll under the car and die.
That's a relief. I do wonder sometimes about the US's safety standards considering some of the pics I've seen. But yeah, how he doesn't get pulled over immediately every time he leaves the house is baffling.
I don’t know if it’s actually policy but unless they cause accidents, modifications aren’t enforced by police. In theory they’re bought at annual inspections but many states don’t even have those and the ones that do are easy to circumvent.
This is the same issue with headlights. At least some of the issues with excessive glare are caused by aftermarket LED headlight bulbs clearly labeled “not for headlights” in the wrong reflector housing but legally sold if they can be used for other purposes. In theory caught by inspection. If the state has them. If someone looks. If the person doesn’t just swap them for legal bulbs to pass
While the police can do it here, we also have dedicated Transport Inspectors in the Department of Transport that specifically look out for that sort of thing. You don't have something similar?
Our process is annual inspections but it’s per state. Each state is different and many don’t even. There are clear accident stat differences showing which states don’t.
In the states I’ve lived in, it is a service offered by a garage. They get licensed to give out inspection stickers. For each inspection they hook it up to a machine that logs emissions and go through a checklist of safety items to verify. In my experience they’re good at catching worn tires and brakes but never seem to check things like headlight alignment or window tinting. And my state is one of the stricter ones
That isn't surprising. They won't pass inspection in the semi civilized states I've lived in, but things get sketchy really fast once you get out of the northeast.
I was at an underground parking lot in the city in Toronto once. We got caught in a long lineup of cars because some idiot in a jacked up F150 with no sense of scale thought it was a good idea to park his enormous truck here.
A bunch of us guys helped him out by hopping onto his bumper and weighing down the back end so that he could barely pass the height limit. I imagine he had the same problem on his way out.
I can tolerate a dirty truck that’s all dented to hell, that person clearly needs their truck for some kind of work. A clean truck that’s large is just screaming “don’t look at my dick”
When I see something like this, I agree with my country 72% taxation on gas. If they had to pay $8 per gallon like us, they wouldn't buy those monsters
Google says California gas and sales tax together are only about 71¢/gallon.
While we understand gas is expensive in California, relative to the rest of the us, it’s not expensing globally and 71¢/gallon is not much tax globally. The tax really needs to be much higher, for the cost of the roads and other costs to society. Google also claims this tax covers 80% of California road maintenance, so I’d argue it needs to be 25% higher. But that’s only maintenance, not new construction, and doesn’t at all cover the harm done, so really ought to be much higher
California has the highest state gas taxes in the us so the rest of us are much worse.
My bigger objection are people using this argument to try to add unfairly high EV taxes
No, EV taxes don’t need to cover road maintenance if gas taxes don’t, and no, EV taxes don’t need to be extra high because of a weight penalty, when ice pickups weigh more and the difference is a rounding error relative to big trucks
But I do believe in vice taxes as a way to guide consumer choices. The most fair choice is to tax all road vehicles by miles and weight, without regard to technology, plus a vice taxes on gasoline (like we do with alcohol) to account for the damage it does to society and to discourage use.
It can help make up for the loss of revenue from gasoline taxes. Roads have to be paid for somehow, and ideally the burden will fall on those owning vehicles and not society at large.
I'm in the UK, could you have a word with our Gov pls? They've just announced that my 90kg electric vespa will cost 3p/mile the same as my friends 2500kg BMW iX :(
Probably running them as taxis for that sweet sweet free charging zone! :)
I have to apologise to the Gov, either they've changed their mind, clarified or it was just vicious rumour but it appears electric motorbikes won't incur the per mile charge... woo hoo
That’s bs, gas taxes already don’t pay for road maintenance and too many localities seem to want to over-tax EVs
Let me counter-propose
EVERY road vehicle be taxed by weight and mileage to cover road maintenance
IN ADDITION keep a smaller gas tax to help pay for the additions harm to society and the environment of burning fossil fuels, AND to discourage this kind of behavior
This is fair to everyone - each covering their actual usage and damage caused, regardless of technology
Of course then we can go off into the woods arguing that actual trucks cause essentially all road damage but we do need those
So spot-checking it seems taxing by vehicle weight would impact oversized vehicles more than it would impact BEVs. Particularly if it was structured as "vehicles over 4,000 lbs, vehicles over 5,000 lbs and vehicles over 6,000 lbs" or even better something exponential beyond 4,000 lbs.
Combine this with a tire diameter registration fee (combined diameter of all tires on the vehicle, so dualies cost 50% more on top of the extra cost of 20"+ tires) and we should start getting somewhere with financially incentivizing smaller vehicles
My point was that BEVs can weigh significantly more than their equivalent ICE car. The goal should be to get rid of ICE completely and use BEVs where personal transportation makes more sense than mass transit. There is already too much of a push to make ICE cars more desirable than BEVs. I have serious doubts that taxing vehicles by weight would do a better job of keeping these monstrosities off the road than their own cost plus the price of gas does, but putting our legislative thumb on the scale yet again to discourage someone considering a small BEV versus a small ICE car seems shortsighted.
Taxing by weight also encourages weight efficieny in BEV. Reduces weight also supports other sustainable practices, like reducing tire wear, rare earth metal usage, pedestrian safety and vehicle cost.
For towing or very long range use, the correct solution is probably some form of optional range extender in the form of a battery pack, or even better, a fuel based APU, since they are much lighter. Bonus points if it can be external or removable.
The only ones that do are the attempts at extended range full sized pickups. They have an argument that it’s needed for towing and I imagine at least some actually tow.
My EV gets over 300 mile range and is lighter than any full sized pickup. I’d argue that’s a sweet spot since I can drive five straight hours on a road trip, about the same as for a gas car.
If your vehicle cannot fit In a parking spot, then you shouldn’t park there. If you over park because of this, you should get towed. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I kind of want to make stickers that say like "I'm an asshole that parks in the bike lane" or "I drive a large car because I'm a coward" or whatever and discreetly slap them onto these abominations. Sadly my lawyer has recommended against this action.
Are you wanting to attack cowardice from a place of... cowardice? I think you should collect your stickers and return back to your oversized, lifted monstrosity. Under the advice of your lawyer, of course.
Are you joking? It doesn't follow that all cowards have large cars. That's like textbook incorrect logic. Do you also think all rectangles are squares, because all squares are rectangles?
Furthermore, not all discretion is cowardice.
What's your emotional investment here, anyway? Do you drive a large car and park in the bike lane?
No emotion, just laughing at your turn to cowardice after labeling others as cowards. Your stickers will effect zero change, but good on you for being sneaky and feeling accomplished.
I rather drive a BMW than those trucks. I use to drive tractor trailers, plus my current job let's me drive all kinds of vehicles and I definitely hate driving these behemoths. You are completely disconnected from the driving and they ride like shit. I really despise jeep wranglers and how can people drive them as a daily, cuz they ride like ass and wander around everywhere. Now a wrangler as an off road toy is nice.
In use cases duallies are for towing and weight distribution. They help with steering a bit, but for the most part that's for handling very heavy things.
In this case big truck look more manly go BRRRRRRR
The guy that owns that truck would panic if he had to change lanes with a trailer.
Dualies at least have widened fender wells and jist in back. They are nice if you actually haul 2tons+ (F150s say they can haul 2tons, but I'd never risk that much, 250s were created for a reason)
This appears to be a 250 or 350 with some bewildering off road modifications. No serious trail guy would take duallies off road. But he's got off road tires and a trail light system on the front bumper. Unless he's taking a full size camper up the mountain this guy is just an idiot. Actually that's true in either case.
Eh, lots of people in my area use 250s offroad, but only to go up hollers and gather cut wood or drop salt licks and such. Not for entertainment or sport, just work. I try to keep my F150 free from dents and dings, and I do use it like a van for the family, but I got it because I wanted to haul stuff, not for play. (Also, one can fit quite a few 8ft 2x4s or similar in a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee if one isn't afraid to rest boards on the dashboard in the middle... hence the truck, got paranoid I'd be pulled over)
So the guy who bought that truck bought a list of capabilities without ever intending to use them for that. He just wants to know he can if he wants to. (He never will.)
I say that with some confidence because duallies are awful for off roading, but great for towing and hauling. Off road tires are awful for towing. They're awful for daily driving. They're really bad for anything that isn't strictly off road. This truck is in every way a pain in the ass, but it makes it's owner feel a certain kind of power, and that's what he's willing to fork out the cash for.
To grab pedestrians and cyclists and drag them under. This is illegal in most states except West Virgina and Alabama, but elsewhere the police do not enforce the law.
In rain, the bro wheels throw up spray making visibility dangerous for other vehicles. But fuck them, because MURICAH.
In WV this would fail inspection. The rule is water cannot pass off fender wells onto the tire. People do just swap out before inspections though. There are no good reasons to need wide rims and tires as far as I know.
Wide tires spread the weight over a larger distance so they are helpful over softer terrain, like a grassy field...but that truck never leaves pavement. They are only helping him have higher rolling resistance and burn more gas.
I was at Aldi yesterday and one of these 'bad boys' went to park and the guy jumped down from the high seat and he was shorter than me by several inches. I'm 5'6 I was laughing at how insecure he must feel in the bedroom
They often aren’t. For instance the wheels protruding past the fenders too far is likely not legal. They just pull off the wheels and put on a stock set when the yearly inspection is due, then put the big ones back on when it passes. Cops don’t bother ticketing for this stuff.
It's not just the size that gets you. I mean yeah it's stupidly dangerously large. The even bigger problem I find is none of them can drive it. None of them know how to turn with a truck. None of them can't manage to back up in a truck. The Lord knows all of them think they have to every single time and it takes fucking forever. Too much car for their little dicks to handle.
Saw a similarly beefed up car take up 4 spots once in a parking lot. They pulled forward and so took up both spaces front and back, but also was too wide and so just parked down the middle. Only way it gets worse is they park diagonally to take up even more spaces.
Visiting southern US for the holidays. There was a truck idling to warm it up yesterday, it was 47F out. We saw the driver walking up as we passed so proceeded to have a conversation about big strong manly men in their big strong manly trucks being able to handle "a bit of a chill".
If one of those big trucks runs you over then sue the manufacturer. I'm sure if someone dug deep enough they'd find the old vehicle size standards document out there somewhere.
Or are crooked or take up other spots or not all the way in the spot. This driver is clearly very aware of their oversized vehicle and not only parked on the farthest place , but left a ton of space next to them, pulled all the way in, as far as they could, AND is totally straight.
I'm all for public transportation and evolution towards sustainable non-waste infrastructure, but this community is the epitome of "bitch eating a cracker" 90% of the time. Sometimes the jokes are funny, but a lot of the time the logic and criticisms are.... Misguided or preemptive.
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 82 pts · 226d
Don't judge ... that poor man needs that large vehicle in order to accommodate his extremely large penis and enormous testicles ... the loud engine sounds are to warn others of his condition and let everyone know everywhere of what he has to live with ... that poor man ... it's a real problem
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 223d
Damn right, this is nothing but gender affirming care.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · -25 pts · 226d
What of the twat in the beemer? We just gonna leave him out of our hypotheticals?
I bet he's never used a turn signal in his fucking life.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 225d
If the dough in the Bremerton hits me I fly over the hood. The dickless wonder in the truck can’t even see me walking and I’ll roll under the car and die.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 66 pts · 225d
Tyres protruding that far outside the body are seriously dangerous and would be illegal here in Australia.
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 225d
They are illegal in the States as well, but you'd need someone to actually enforce it.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 225d
That's a relief. I do wonder sometimes about the US's safety standards considering some of the pics I've seen. But yeah, how he doesn't get pulled over immediately every time he leaves the house is baffling.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
I don’t know if it’s actually policy but unless they cause accidents, modifications aren’t enforced by police. In theory they’re bought at annual inspections but many states don’t even have those and the ones that do are easy to circumvent.
This is the same issue with headlights. At least some of the issues with excessive glare are caused by aftermarket LED headlight bulbs clearly labeled “not for headlights” in the wrong reflector housing but legally sold if they can be used for other purposes. In theory caught by inspection. If the state has them. If someone looks. If the person doesn’t just swap them for legal bulbs to pass
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 224d
While the police can do it here, we also have dedicated Transport Inspectors in the Department of Transport that specifically look out for that sort of thing. You don't have something similar?
AA5B@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d
Our process is annual inspections but it’s per state. Each state is different and many don’t even. There are clear accident stat differences showing which states don’t.
In the states I’ve lived in, it is a service offered by a garage. They get licensed to give out inspection stickers. For each inspection they hook it up to a machine that logs emissions and go through a checklist of safety items to verify. In my experience they’re good at catching worn tires and brakes but never seem to check things like headlight alignment or window tinting. And my state is one of the stricter ones
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 225d
Actually legal in WVa and Alabama, no suprise.
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
That isn't surprising. They won't pass inspection in the semi civilized states I've lived in, but things get sketchy really fast once you get out of the northeast.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
Slashing tyres is probably moral in this situation.
Just don't get caught.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
In PA it's not allowed to go more than 3" widet than factory, plus the tires has to be covered with a fender so it doesn't kick up debris or whatever.
Nythos@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 225d
And PA would be where exactly?
Scolding7300@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Yep Pennsylvania.
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 226d
Those things are even worse on the road than they are when they're parked.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 225d
I was at an underground parking lot in the city in Toronto once. We got caught in a long lineup of cars because some idiot in a jacked up F150 with no sense of scale thought it was a good idea to park his enormous truck here.
A bunch of us guys helped him out by hopping onto his bumper and weighing down the back end so that he could barely pass the height limit. I imagine he had the same problem on his way out.
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 225d
Somebody could have done him a favor and let all the air out of his tires.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 225d
“Sorry about your dick buddy”
I can tolerate a dirty truck that’s all dented to hell, that person clearly needs their truck for some kind of work. A clean truck that’s large is just screaming “don’t look at my dick”
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 225d
When I see something like this, I agree with my country 72% taxation on gas. If they had to pay $8 per gallon like us, they wouldn't buy those monsters
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 225d
In California they often reach over 5$ a gallon, and will drive them.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 225d
They still buy them and then bitch constantly about how expensive gas is.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 225d
Those tires and lift kits cost them 20-30% more fuel, but engineering is for lefties.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 225d
No, they'll bitch about gas prices being high because of Biden.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 225d
Thanks Obummer
AA5B@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
Google says California gas and sales tax together are only about 71¢/gallon.
While we understand gas is expensive in California, relative to the rest of the us, it’s not expensing globally and 71¢/gallon is not much tax globally. The tax really needs to be much higher, for the cost of the roads and other costs to society. Google also claims this tax covers 80% of California road maintenance, so I’d argue it needs to be 25% higher. But that’s only maintenance, not new construction, and doesn’t at all cover the harm done, so really ought to be much higher
California has the highest state gas taxes in the us so the rest of us are much worse.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 224d
Gas taxes that don’t even cover road maintenance are too low.
Gas taxes that don’t cover the externalised cost of emissions are also too low. But I don’t think any jurisdiction taxes that way.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
My bigger objection are people using this argument to try to add unfairly high EV taxes
No, EV taxes don’t need to cover road maintenance if gas taxes don’t, and no, EV taxes don’t need to be extra high because of a weight penalty, when ice pickups weigh more and the difference is a rounding error relative to big trucks
But I do believe in vice taxes as a way to guide consumer choices. The most fair choice is to tax all road vehicles by miles and weight, without regard to technology, plus a vice taxes on gasoline (like we do with alcohol) to account for the damage it does to society and to discourage use.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 223d
Agreed.
`miles * weight * small number
RDAM_Whiskers@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 225d
This is fake the bmw isn't double parked and the truck isn't parked at a 45°
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 225d
Cars should be taxed by weight.
Grabthar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Fuck those BEV drivers in particular?
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com · 11 pts · 225d
It can help make up for the loss of revenue from gasoline taxes. Roads have to be paid for somehow, and ideally the burden will fall on those owning vehicles and not society at large.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 225d
Very True, vehicle weight also has a direct relationship with how much wear and tear they cause.
People buy much bigger batteries than they actually need anyway.
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 225d
I'm in the UK, could you have a word with our Gov pls? They've just announced that my 90kg electric vespa will cost 3p/mile the same as my friends 2500kg BMW iX :(
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 225d
But the government ministers drive the BMW iX. How will they afford higher rates per mile?
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 225d
Probably running them as taxis for that sweet sweet free charging zone! :)
I have to apologise to the Gov, either they've changed their mind, clarified or it was just vicious rumour but it appears electric motorbikes won't incur the per mile charge... woo hoo
AA5B@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
That’s bs, gas taxes already don’t pay for road maintenance and too many localities seem to want to over-tax EVs
Let me counter-propose
This is fair to everyone - each covering their actual usage and damage caused, regardless of technology
Of course then we can go off into the woods arguing that actual trucks cause essentially all road damage but we do need those
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 225d
UK is already going to tax EV owners from 2028 to make up for lost petrol revenue. Electric Vehicle Excise Duty or eVED.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 225d
BEVs would weigh less than most of these oversized trucks and SUVs, especially with the added lift kits, dualies and oversized wheels
Chevy Bolt weighs about 3600lbs
Ford F150 starts at over 4500 lbs going up to 5500lbs for the gasoline models. (Another source says that the Lightning is around 6000lbs)
Chevy Tahoe starts at just under 5500lbs and goes up to nearly 5900lbs
Kia Sportage (a below-average sized ICE crossover) weighs 3300-3800lbs depending on the configuration
So spot-checking it seems taxing by vehicle weight would impact oversized vehicles more than it would impact BEVs. Particularly if it was structured as "vehicles over 4,000 lbs, vehicles over 5,000 lbs and vehicles over 6,000 lbs" or even better something exponential beyond 4,000 lbs.
Combine this with a tire diameter registration fee (combined diameter of all tires on the vehicle, so dualies cost 50% more on top of the extra cost of 20"+ tires) and we should start getting somewhere with financially incentivizing smaller vehicles
Grabthar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
My point was that BEVs can weigh significantly more than their equivalent ICE car. The goal should be to get rid of ICE completely and use BEVs where personal transportation makes more sense than mass transit. There is already too much of a push to make ICE cars more desirable than BEVs. I have serious doubts that taxing vehicles by weight would do a better job of keeping these monstrosities off the road than their own cost plus the price of gas does, but putting our legislative thumb on the scale yet again to discourage someone considering a small BEV versus a small ICE car seems shortsighted.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 223d
Remember that you still tax fuel purchases.
Taxing by weight also encourages weight efficieny in BEV. Reduces weight also supports other sustainable practices, like reducing tire wear, rare earth metal usage, pedestrian safety and vehicle cost.
For towing or very long range use, the correct solution is probably some form of optional range extender in the form of a battery pack, or even better, a fuel based APU, since they are much lighter. Bonus points if it can be external or removable.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 225d
2x the weight, 16x the street damage. But honestly, does every BEV need to be able to go 600 miles in one go?
AA5B@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
The only ones that do are the attempts at extended range full sized pickups. They have an argument that it’s needed for towing and I imagine at least some actually tow.
My EV gets over 300 mile range and is lighter than any full sized pickup. I’d argue that’s a sweet spot since I can drive five straight hours on a road trip, about the same as for a gas car.
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 225d
Nah. BEVs aren't actually much heavier these days.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 225d
They are in the US. Hummer EV is over 10,000lbs.
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 224d
That's because its a hummer with a 250kwh battery. That's just a choice someone has made. Not all BEVs weigh that.
The Tesla model 3 weighs about the same as a BMW 3 series.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 223d
Nope, just pay proportionally for the wear and tear you cause.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 225d
Same thing around me
markz@suppo.fi · 24 pts · 226d
If the truck was lifted just a bit more, it could share the space with the roadster
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 225d
If your vehicle cannot fit In a parking spot, then you shouldn’t park there. If you over park because of this, you should get towed. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 225d
Americans love pedastrian safety
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
Shaquille O'Niel owned one of these, and he's literally the only person who ever has that could justify it as "this is the only one I fit in".
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 225d
He would fit fine in a Fiat Multipla, or VW Caddy. They have loads of room. We have 7 foot rugby players that fit fine in those.
Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
No, still not. This is a disgracemobile.
mcv@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 225d
There are much more reasonable cars for extremely tall people.
mcv@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 225d
This is not a car, it's a truck, and should require a commercial license to drive.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 225d
Monster trucks are street legal there?
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 15 pts · 225d
If it's anything like the small town I live in, you can't legally have tires that extend further than your fenders, but it's entirely unenforced.
Folks love their lift kits and oversized tires
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 224d
Bumpers are supposed to be at a certain height for impact with other vehicles, but nobody enforces that either
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 16 pts · 225d
I kind of want to make stickers that say like "I'm an asshole that parks in the bike lane" or "I drive a large car because I'm a coward" or whatever and discreetly slap them onto these abominations. Sadly my lawyer has recommended against this action.
djdarren@piefed.social · 2 pts · 223d
You used to be able to get some from youparklikeacunt.com, but that doesn't appear to be active anymore, sadly.
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 225d
Little dick energy
Cliff@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-C7LMbJj1Q
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 225d
Are you wanting to attack cowardice from a place of... cowardice? I think you should collect your stickers and return back to your oversized, lifted monstrosity. Under the advice of your lawyer, of course.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 225d
Do you think I drive a large car? How on earth did you come to that conclusion?
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · -4 pts · 225d
You claim owners of large vehicles are cowards.
Your plan of action is to "discretely" tag their vehicles with stickers.
Wanting to be discreet instead of direct or confrontational is cowardice.
According to you, cowards own large vehicles.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 8 pts · 225d
Are you joking? It doesn't follow that all cowards have large cars. That's like textbook incorrect logic. Do you also think all rectangles are squares, because all squares are rectangles?
Furthermore, not all discretion is cowardice.
What's your emotional investment here, anyway? Do you drive a large car and park in the bike lane?
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 225d
No emotion, just laughing at your turn to cowardice after labeling others as cowards. Your stickers will effect zero change, but good on you for being sneaky and feeling accomplished.
I drive large bikes and park them on sidewalks.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 0 pts · 225d
You don't seem like the kind of person who can identify and sort through their emotions.
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 225d
This is me being elated after I put a sticker on somebody's car.
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 225d
It's the Ford F-900 DUI Edition!
ceenote@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
To be fair, the person in the BMW is probably a wanker too.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 225d
I’d rather get hit by the bmw than the truck
markz@suppo.fi · 16 pts · 225d
The bmw owner might also be a bit more careful about hitting things. A human isn't just a speedbump when you drive a car instead of a monster truck.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
I rather drive a BMW than those trucks. I use to drive tractor trailers, plus my current job let's me drive all kinds of vehicles and I definitely hate driving these behemoths. You are completely disconnected from the driving and they ride like shit. I really despise jeep wranglers and how can people drive them as a daily, cuz they ride like ass and wander around everywhere. Now a wrangler as an off road toy is nice.
Damage@feddit.it · 3 pts · 225d
It's an old one, so the wanker potential is way down
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
I'm more surprised the vehicles are not swapped. Average BMW owner:
mcv@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 225d
Why does a van need wheels that big?
SippyCup@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 225d
In use cases duallies are for towing and weight distribution. They help with steering a bit, but for the most part that's for handling very heavy things.
In this case big truck look more manly go BRRRRRRR
The guy that owns that truck would panic if he had to change lanes with a trailer.
unphazed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d
Dualies at least have widened fender wells and jist in back. They are nice if you actually haul 2tons+ (F150s say they can haul 2tons, but I'd never risk that much, 250s were created for a reason)
SippyCup@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 224d
This appears to be a 250 or 350 with some bewildering off road modifications. No serious trail guy would take duallies off road. But he's got off road tires and a trail light system on the front bumper. Unless he's taking a full size camper up the mountain this guy is just an idiot. Actually that's true in either case.
unphazed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 223d
Eh, lots of people in my area use 250s offroad, but only to go up hollers and gather cut wood or drop salt licks and such. Not for entertainment or sport, just work. I try to keep my F150 free from dents and dings, and I do use it like a van for the family, but I got it because I wanted to haul stuff, not for play. (Also, one can fit quite a few 8ft 2x4s or similar in a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee if one isn't afraid to rest boards on the dashboard in the middle... hence the truck, got paranoid I'd be pulled over)
SippyCup@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 223d
So the guy who bought that truck bought a list of capabilities without ever intending to use them for that. He just wants to know he can if he wants to. (He never will.)
I say that with some confidence because duallies are awful for off roading, but great for towing and hauling. Off road tires are awful for towing. They're awful for daily driving. They're really bad for anything that isn't strictly off road. This truck is in every way a pain in the ass, but it makes it's owner feel a certain kind of power, and that's what he's willing to fork out the cash for.
wabafee@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
So you don't see the guts of pedestrians/cyclists/kids being run over.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 225d
To grab pedestrians and cyclists and drag them under. This is illegal in most states except West Virgina and Alabama, but elsewhere the police do not enforce the law.
In rain, the bro wheels throw up spray making visibility dangerous for other vehicles. But fuck them, because MURICAH.
unphazed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d
In WV this would fail inspection. The rule is water cannot pass off fender wells onto the tire. People do just swap out before inspections though. There are no good reasons to need wide rims and tires as far as I know.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 224d
Wide tires spread the weight over a larger distance so they are helpful over softer terrain, like a grassy field...but that truck never leaves pavement. They are only helping him have higher rolling resistance and burn more gas.
Aneb@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 225d
I was at Aldi yesterday and one of these 'bad boys' went to park and the guy jumped down from the high seat and he was shorter than me by several inches. I'm 5'6 I was laughing at how insecure he must feel in the bedroom
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 225d
To be fair, those older BMW Zs are tiny and super cute.
…I want one.
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 225d
What I can't understand is one of these had a 5litre+ sized engine. How they fit it in is crazy
YashaB@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 225d
Hey! Have some compassion! Fragile egos need a lot of protection..
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com · 7 pts · 225d
Yeah that's his emotional support vehicle...
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 225d
Its a gender affirming vehicle
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 226d
Roads in American cities are so bad that those six wheel are actually a necessity
Burninator05@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
That's a self-reinforcing spiral.
fabs0@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 226d
Twice the engineering in the little one though
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 226d
People with big trucks should just jack their shit up high enough for the rest of us to drive under them.
Grabthar@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
I don't get how mods like this are legal. The original truck was bad enough, but wow.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 225d
They often aren’t. For instance the wheels protruding past the fenders too far is likely not legal. They just pull off the wheels and put on a stock set when the yearly inspection is due, then put the big ones back on when it passes. Cops don’t bother ticketing for this stuff.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 225d
You're right, they're definitely not going to ticket themselves
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 225d
they are illegal in most states, but of course, after 2020 and Antifa, police stopped working.
twinnie@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 226d
Those things are so embarrassing. Trying way too hard.
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 225d
Someone is compensating for something...
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 224d
I wish I could repossess and crush any trucks like this that aren't being driven through a swamp every day.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 225d
It's not just the size that gets you. I mean yeah it's stupidly dangerously large. The even bigger problem I find is none of them can drive it. None of them know how to turn with a truck. None of them can't manage to back up in a truck. The Lord knows all of them think they have to every single time and it takes fucking forever. Too much car for their little dicks to handle.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 6 pts · 225d
At that point it should be classified as a monster truck
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
bet you a soda the BMW's done more offroad than that pavement princess
qevlarr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
I think I already know the answer, but... Aren't there laws against those abominations? Nothing at all?
Soup@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
Hahahahahahahaha
And then if there are, they don’t really get enforced.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 225d
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 225d
And they both drive like fucking assholes
YashaB@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 225d
I wonder why..
sleepdrifter@startrek.website · 5 pts · 225d
Average Denver brodozer
Strider@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
Phew, I'm really happy it's not allowed here. The BMWs usually park like idiots though 😁
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
Saw a similarly beefed up car take up 4 spots once in a parking lot. They pulled forward and so took up both spaces front and back, but also was too wide and so just parked down the middle. Only way it gets worse is they park diagonally to take up even more spaces.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
The dumbest one I came across was equally high but had a handicap license plate, placard and all. I wish I grabbed a picture.
I know some physical disabilities might still let you climb a ladder to get into your vehicle but c'mon.
CaptKoala@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 224d
The duality of mankind on full displaym
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 224d
Pun intended?
Frostbeard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
And the BMW is much better and nicer car to drive as well
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 225d
The seats are so comfortable while waiting for the tow truck.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d
Visiting southern US for the holidays. There was a truck idling to warm it up yesterday, it was 47F out. We saw the driver walking up as we passed so proceeded to have a conversation about big strong manly men in their big strong manly trucks being able to handle "a bit of a chill".
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 224d
If one of those big trucks runs you over then sue the manufacturer. I'm sure if someone dug deep enough they'd find the old vehicle size standards document out there somewhere.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 225d
Set fire to it. The end.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 224d
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 225d
I mean... Most considerate big truck owner actually
III@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Overlooked point. Where I come from those monsters park exclusively in compact parking spots.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 224d
Or are crooked or take up other spots or not all the way in the spot. This driver is clearly very aware of their oversized vehicle and not only parked on the farthest place , but left a ton of space next to them, pulled all the way in, as far as they could, AND is totally straight.
I'm all for public transportation and evolution towards sustainable non-waste infrastructure, but this community is the epitome of "bitch eating a cracker" 90% of the time. Sometimes the jokes are funny, but a lot of the time the logic and criticisms are.... Misguided or preemptive.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 225d
https://youtu.be/MI7Tq6sRxE4
I think two years ago AI was funny
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 224d
Nah. We still have 20.3 years before it becomes funny.