I personally know a guy who owns one of these things. He’s a mid-70s white guy who manages money. He lives in Washington DC. It’s the ugliest fucking car I’ve ever seen.
I put aside my dislike for trucks that are used for commutes or even less than that but bpy, is that an ugly disfigured design, lacking any kind of proper proportions.
Luckily that Compensator 9000 is certainly not street legal in the EU.
Must be nice, lol. Unfortunately, in the US, most rules around the road legality of a vehicle are enforced during inspections, which not every state has. Even the states that have them have a really low cost on the inspection, so mechanics who do them are incentivized to just rubber stamp them.
Other than that, lots of problems are considered a “secondary offense”, which means you won’t be pulled over for it, but you can be ticketed for it if you are pulled over for another reason. Broadly, I dont think that’s necessarily a bad policy, but it does have the effect where they end up being effectively unenforced unless the cop has a reason to want to hit you with the book.
In the EU enforcement of traffic rules is a matter of member states, but many rules are codified on EU level, at least for what is street legal. That abomination above violates the common rules already quite clearly. It is thinkable that one can grey import individual cars and get a custom license for that but even than some modifications will be required, but that depends on the local authorities. In any case it must be hard or expensive as you basically don’t see that kind of nonsense on the streets.
If you are seen driving an obviously non-street legal car and can’t come up with papers to the contrary your vehicle gets immediately grounded, towed and you can call a taxi. If you are a repeat offender chances are you could lose your drivers license and when you are driving without one consequences can get much worse.
But hey, you can still get an Aixam for your mobility needs without a drivers license: https://www.aixam.com/en/
They even sell “Crossovers” for those with increased compensation needs.
I personally know a guy who owns one of these things. He’s a mid-70s white guy who manages money. He lives in Washington DC. It’s the ugliest fucking car I’ve ever seen.
people entrust their money to somebody who makes decisions like this?
that’s… interesting
I didn’t think you could find an uglier car than the cybertruck, but you’ve done it! Jesus fucking Christ.
That’s a normal beer bottle on the back fender, by the way. This thing is fucking gigantic. It shouldn’t be road legal at all.
I put aside my dislike for trucks that are used for commutes or even less than that but bpy, is that an ugly disfigured design, lacking any kind of proper proportions.
Luckily that Compensator 9000 is certainly not street legal in the EU.
Not legal in DC, either, but unfortunately that doesnt stop people
The difference is the these laws are enforced here
Must be nice, lol. Unfortunately, in the US, most rules around the road legality of a vehicle are enforced during inspections, which not every state has. Even the states that have them have a really low cost on the inspection, so mechanics who do them are incentivized to just rubber stamp them.
Other than that, lots of problems are considered a “secondary offense”, which means you won’t be pulled over for it, but you can be ticketed for it if you are pulled over for another reason. Broadly, I dont think that’s necessarily a bad policy, but it does have the effect where they end up being effectively unenforced unless the cop has a reason to want to hit you with the book.
In the EU enforcement of traffic rules is a matter of member states, but many rules are codified on EU level, at least for what is street legal. That abomination above violates the common rules already quite clearly. It is thinkable that one can grey import individual cars and get a custom license for that but even than some modifications will be required, but that depends on the local authorities. In any case it must be hard or expensive as you basically don’t see that kind of nonsense on the streets.
If you are seen driving an obviously non-street legal car and can’t come up with papers to the contrary your vehicle gets immediately grounded, towed and you can call a taxi. If you are a repeat offender chances are you could lose your drivers license and when you are driving without one consequences can get much worse.
But hey, you can still get an Aixam for your mobility needs without a drivers license: https://www.aixam.com/en/ They even sell “Crossovers” for those with increased compensation needs.