okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 24 hours agoUS-styled large trucks linked to a higher risk of pedestrian deaths, Australian study findswww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down11
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minus-squarenbsp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·23 hours agomake them require LR – Light Rigid licence. if you really “need it for work”, no worries, just do the course.
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·34 minutes agoAnd of course, LR will require a BAC of 0.00. That will discourage certain people from buying them if they don’t need it.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 hours agoCharge rego by the kilo, or by road surface area. It’s crazy that they cost the same to put on the road as a 900kg hatch.
minus-squareTrippaSnippa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoRego in NSW does scale by weight. Other states should bring that in if they don’t already. However, that hasn’t stopped yank tanks from flooding NSW roads. They should also require an LR licence since they are literally the size of a truck.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 hours agoBonus points if you make the fee scale by weight to the fourth power, to match the relative impact it has on road wear
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoAlso torso damage when you flatten a pedestrian.
minus-squarefizzle@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoI was going to say just put a stupid-tax on them, but I guess Trump has kinda done that with the price of diesel.
minus-squareForgottenUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·20 hours agoAnd remove the tax concessions for using them as ‘work’ vehicles.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·edit-218 hours agoI’ll be honest, remove it for any fucking ute that doesnt literally have a motorised compressor, pump or similar bolted to the tray. 98% of tradies can do their shit out of a van, they just want a swanky ute they can be an utter cunt on the road with. And they can go get fucked.
minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·17 hours ago90% of them can do it out of a hatchback. They just need a gender affirming vehicle.
make them require LR – Light Rigid licence. if you really “need it for work”, no worries, just do the course.
And of course, LR will require a BAC of 0.00.
That will discourage certain people from buying them if they don’t need it.
Charge rego by the kilo, or by road surface area. It’s crazy that they cost the same to put on the road as a 900kg hatch.
Rego in NSW does scale by weight. Other states should bring that in if they don’t already. However, that hasn’t stopped yank tanks from flooding NSW roads. They should also require an LR licence since they are literally the size of a truck.
Bonus points if you make the fee scale by weight to the fourth power, to match the relative impact it has on road wear
Also torso damage when you flatten a pedestrian.
I was going to say just put a stupid-tax on them, but I guess Trump has kinda done that with the price of diesel.
And remove the tax concessions for using them as ‘work’ vehicles.
I’ll be honest, remove it for any fucking ute that doesnt literally have a motorised compressor, pump or similar bolted to the tray.
98% of tradies can do their shit out of a van, they just want a swanky ute they can be an utter cunt on the road with. And they can go get fucked.
90% of them can do it out of a hatchback. They just need a gender affirming vehicle.