Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 months agoAs part of it's trade war surrender to Trump, the EU has promised to lower its vehicle safety standardswww.transportenvironment.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1277cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se2westerneurope4u@lemmit.onlineautomotive@discuss.tchncs.debuyfromeu@feddit.org
arrow-up1277external-linkAs part of it's trade war surrender to Trump, the EU has promised to lower its vehicle safety standardswww.transportenvironment.orgDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se2westerneurope4u@lemmit.onlineautomotive@discuss.tchncs.debuyfromeu@feddit.org
minus-squareNoiseColor @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYou are right, they won’t be such a massive hit as in the US, but seeing a few of them use multiple parking spaces also won’t be a calming sight.
minus-squareCaptObvious@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoOn the other hand, take a cue from a few US cities where parking spaces are kept too small for these monstrosities. Fines for double parking could become a nice revenue stream
minus-squareYou@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe bigger models might also be too heavy to be driven with a regular (car) driver’s license. With a B Class the max weight is 3500 kg.
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You are right, they won’t be such a massive hit as in the US, but seeing a few of them use multiple parking spaces also won’t be a calming sight.
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On the other hand, take a cue from a few US cities where parking spaces are kept too small for these monstrosities. Fines for double parking could become a nice revenue stream
The bigger models might also be too heavy to be driven with a regular (car) driver’s license. With a B Class the max weight is 3500 kg.