• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin’ ads that frame them as fancy cars.

    Czech ad for Amarok V6
    “The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”

    I suggest making it illegal to buy them without a registered company or have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).

    Yellow truck Camo truck

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      10 months ago

      If you can’t put a flatbed or utility bed on it, it shouldn’t be called a utility vehicle. They’re just SUVs with the back opened up.

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        10 months ago

        Makes sense. In the Czech Republic and probably most of EU, a standard license applies to vehicles up to 3.5 t. Adding a category would help.

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      10 months ago

      In this region, forestry vehicles are either regular-green (more ‘crayola’ than ‘olive’) or just plain white.

      The only people who drive camo trucks here are prepper weirdos or hunter rambos.

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      10 months ago

      It’s trivial to setup a company. That’s not a real block.

      Now, some kind of graduated licensing standard (below a CDL, but above the current standard), absolutely.