They should require a commercial license, have hardware speed limiters, be restricted to only the right lane of the highway, and require biannual safety inspections. You want to cosplay as a trucker, you get to live by trucker rules.
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Drusas@fedia.io 2 months ago
I really think driving these things around should only be legal for work purposes.
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Don’t forget obligated resting times!
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 month ago
The big change happened when extended cabs and later crew cabs (4-door) became common. Before that, people only got pickups when they actually needed one, because they didn’t have space for passengers.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We did just fine before these existed. They should just be outright banned, and the existing ones be phased out in some way where the owners are completely screwed (though, if I were being vindictive I’d say tough shit, you shouldn’t have participated in this arms race)
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The loophole is many who own their own trades business still drive them for personal uses because they can’t afford (don’t want) another car.
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 2 months ago
If only the people who drove them for legitimate work purposes owned them, even as their only vehicle, it would be a huge number off the roads.
MML@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yes very specifically had one modified to fit the height of loading docks with a hydraulic gate, to move heavy ass things and a crew of workers, maybe in some cases another vehicle would make sense but we had to get equipment to some pretty remote places as well. Of course one of our employees took it home everyday to do burnouts or whatever. To a certain extent cops are more lenient to a commercial vehicle.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s not a loophole. If the truck wasn’t driven to this movie theater for work purposes, then it wasn’t driven for work purposes.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Its same as business owners writing things like toilet paper for their house off as a business expense. Its almost impossible to enforce. He could pop into a dollar store, buy a pack of zip ties, and claim they are for work and justifies using the work truck.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s a myth that you can write anything off as a business expense and the IRS can’t do anything about it.
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
If they used a functional and efficient (and way less expensive) van instead of a pickup for their trade, the ownership and fuel savings would more than pay for a reasonable car to use as a car.