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[–] 91 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

There is a law in the US that says trucks must meet a certain Miles per gallon fuel economy. But there is a loop hole that says trucks over a certain size are not included in that law. So as long as the trucks are ridiculously big they don't need to worry about their fuel economy.

Edit: it's the CAFE law.

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  • [–] [S] 32 points 2 years ago (10 children)
  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because car companies send lobbyists to Congress and pay to influence bills.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    At the time the law was passed, the carve out was for work trucks which made a minority of the market. Possibly less than 10%, but they also put tariffs on the light trucks imported from Asia, and so now almost 30 years later we have the situation we've got now.

    We need to revoke the tariffs on the light trucks for normal people.

    Also make it so you have to have a business licence to buy them, and a CDL to drive these "work trucks"

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Does anyone make light trucks anymore? Even Toyotas are 3x bigger than they used to be.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Isuzu still has a light truck division, and the Asian market still has loads of smaller vehicles, we just need to get off this "tank obsession" here in the US

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    holy hell. that's just idiotic. who has that much money to blow on gas?

    edit: i saw a post recently saying it costs some truck owner $80 to drive to and from work. i did the math and estimated 8 mpg, so i thought they were exaggerating. but nope, my estimate was pretty damn close to reality, and that's an absurd amount of money to just throw away every day

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "But ma airflow!" they'll counter, seemingly oblivous to the fact that even the t-600 Kenworths have a smaller grill and work just fine.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Its also easier to see someone standing in front of that KW than in front of a 2023 Silverado.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    2070 seems like a stretch.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The sad part is I did not see this a joke at first. I can walk out to the street right now and there are at least two trucks that I can stand in front of and be eye level with the hood.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Needs more lights so I can blind the crap out of everyone in front of me

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Before long, it'll be all grill

    GM already did that with their trains a long time ago. In the picture below you are looking at the front of the train.

    EMD Long Hood

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can see the sky, and the sky is beautiful. Why would you care about an ugly road or NSFL gore in front of your car?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Lights would be higher to blind as many people as possible.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Are you truly an American if you don't own one of these for the express purposes of turning it on its side and grilling steaks on it?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Make a law saying they need those convex front mirrors like school busses have and see how fast this trend dies.

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Toyota is right there with them

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Chevrolet's pickup truck in 2077

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Bold assumption that truck drivers pay attention to where they're going in the first place.

    Might not make much of a difference, you know?

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