Safety concerns raised as mega American SUVs and pick-ups imported to Ireland and EU

https://www.thejournal.ie/car-imports-and-regulations-6486015-Sep2024/

Posted by norodaisy

18 Comments

  1. Roads are too small for them. Parking spaces are too small for them. They are a nonsense vehicle

  2. Holy moly…..the Dodge Ram is enormous.

    Surely they are left hand driven as well…..makes road observation ahead on bends more difficult.

  3. immajustgooglethat on

    There seems to be more and more American style trucks on the road lately? See about 5 or 6 Ford Raptors a day more, maybe it’s just something I’ve recently noticed and they were always as popular.

  4. You’ll probably encounter Mercedes and VW vans that are slightly bigger than these trucks by a rate of 100:1. No argument that the trucks are probably unnecessary for what they’re being used for though, almost always

  5. If I meet one of them on a narrow road there’s no way I’m backing up.
    Let’s see how macho you are reversing that thing on a bog road.

  6. My mam drives an Honda CRV which to me is a ridiculous in itself, it looks like a regular if not smaller vehicle compared to the monsters in America, no need for them