And here's an American Ford F-350 next to the most popular car in Europe (Dacia Sandero).
There's a reason why we need to do everything we can to prevent people from driving these stupid American trucks in Europe.
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RE: So many Europeans are telling me that they've been seeing a lot of the "huge" Ford Ranger trucks appearing in their cities.
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So many Europeans are telling me that they've been seeing a lot of the "huge" Ford Ranger trucks appearing in their cities.
So many Europeans are telling me that they've been seeing a lot of the "huge" Ford Ranger trucks appearing in their cities.
Wait until they find out that the Ford Ranger is a small Ford pickup truck, and most of them are significantly larger. 😬
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RE: I just spent like an hour and a half watching a video that broke down how one asshole effectively fucked up biking infrastructure in the US and set us back at least three fucking decades
@ainmosni the biggest problem is that people are way more likely to watch negative videos than positive videos.
For a while I was making about 50/50 "positive" videos (eg, "look at this cool thing in this city") and "negative" videos (eg, "America sucks, lol"), but in terms of views and revenue, 80%+ was coming from the "negative" videos.
I can't really blame "the algorithm" though: it just serves up the videos that people are actually watching. 😔
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RE: I've been following this "mutual safety standards recognition" stuff out of the US/EU talks.
It's bad enough that small volumes of these stupid pickup trucks have been (illegally) imported into the EU under the IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) lately. The mutual safety standards recognition would totally open the floodgates.
Just a reminder that this is the most popular-selling car in Europe next to the most popular-selling car in the US.
We don't want these dangerous trucks in EU cities.
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I've been following this "mutual safety standards recognition" stuff out of the US/EU talks.
I've been following this "mutual safety standards recognition" stuff out of the US/EU talks. This could be really, really bad.
It would mean that US vehicles, like those giant dangerous SUVs and pickup trucks, could be freely imported into the EU in volume without having to pass EU vehicle safety standards (like pedestrian safety).
I haven't seen any organised resistance to this. Does anybody know any other organisations that are fighting this?
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