Where would those monstrosities even go? Aren’t the streets of most European countries too narrow for them? Or will they then decide to get rid of all the historical structure to fit some gigantic vehicles that won’t even last that long?
Kinda. We definitely don’t have the parking space for them. But I’m already seeing stupid US pickups (e.g. Dodge Ram) on our streets, their owners just don’t care.
Also, a lot of places in Europe don’t have much left of their historical structures anyway. There was a great war, and then they bulldozed some more in the 50s to build car infrastructure.
I mean, I’ve seen plenty of narrow streets from walkers in Italy, Spain, and such, with non-modern architecture. I don’t mean just museum-grade historical, just normal houses and apartments with a more “classic” look.
Edited to add: Needless to say, destroying all of that will make housing even more expensive in the bigger cities. All for a handful of people’s ego trips.
Europe is a big place and in particular Italy is the place to see hundreds of years old narrow streets, and Spain is kind of famous (in certain circles) for heavily concentrating their urban centers despite having a lot of space compared to many other western european countries. You need to have actually had a lot of cities in the time periods where narrow streets were normal, many other countries were very rural until the 19th or even 20th century.
If you want to see European cities with lots of car-friendly infrastructure, look at places that were extensively bombed in WW2, like Germany, England or Belgium, or ones that weren’t that urbanized until the 20th century like most countries east of Germany.
Where would those monstrosities even go? Aren’t the streets of most European countries too narrow for them? Or will they then decide to get rid of all the historical structure to fit some gigantic vehicles that won’t even last that long?
EU should require a truck class licence, as should NA.
Yes, that’s the thing: driving around in such a ridiculous car in the US is stupid enough, but in Europe it’s even more so.
Kinda. We definitely don’t have the parking space for them. But I’m already seeing stupid US pickups (e.g. Dodge Ram) on our streets, their owners just don’t care.
Also, a lot of places in Europe don’t have much left of their historical structures anyway. There was a great war, and then they bulldozed some more in the 50s to build car infrastructure.
I mean, I’ve seen plenty of narrow streets from walkers in Italy, Spain, and such, with non-modern architecture. I don’t mean just museum-grade historical, just normal houses and apartments with a more “classic” look.
Edited to add: Needless to say, destroying all of that will make housing even more expensive in the bigger cities. All for a handful of people’s ego trips.
Europe is a big place and in particular Italy is the place to see hundreds of years old narrow streets, and Spain is kind of famous (in certain circles) for heavily concentrating their urban centers despite having a lot of space compared to many other western european countries. You need to have actually had a lot of cities in the time periods where narrow streets were normal, many other countries were very rural until the 19th or even 20th century.
If you want to see European cities with lots of car-friendly infrastructure, look at places that were extensively bombed in WW2, like Germany, England or Belgium, or ones that weren’t that urbanized until the 20th century like most countries east of Germany.