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    • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      30 days ago

      Don’t know where you live, but Im seeing more and more of them. Quite a few at the Croatian coast where I am right now. All kinds of EU licence plates.

      So many in fact, I was chilling and thinking how hard it would be to start an eu initiative to ban cars with such a bad field of view.

      Now I find out more are coming?!

      • DeviantOvary@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        30 days ago

        Quite a few in Austria, too. Mostly Rams. I remember one with license plate along the line of “Love USA”, then one with a sticker “HATERS HOTLINE 0800-321-EAT-SHIT”. A great tell that only assholes with insecurities drive these.

        • You@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          29 days ago

          The bigger models might also be too heavy to be driven with a regular (car) driver’s license. With a B Class the max weight is 3500 kg.

        • NoiseColor @lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          29 days ago

          You are right, they won’t be such a massive hit as in the US, but seeing a few of them use multiple parking spaces also won’t be a calming sight.

          • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
            1·
            29 days ago

            On the other hand, take a cue from a few US cities where parking spaces are kept too small for these monstrosities. Fines for double parking could become a nice revenue stream

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        29 days ago

        you might not be able to ban them, but you can make the owners regret using them in public