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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin' ads that frame them as fancy cars.

Czech ad for Amarok V6
“The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”

I suggest making it illegal to buy them without a registered company or have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).

Yellow truck Camo truck

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

If you can't put a flatbed or utility bed on it, it shouldn't be called a utility vehicle. They're just SUVs with the back opened up.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Business permit on file and a commercial driver's license.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Makes sense. In the Czech Republic and probably most of EU, a standard license applies to vehicles up to 3.5 t. Adding a category would help.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

In this region, forestry vehicles are either regular-green (more 'crayola' than 'olive') or just plain white.

The only people who drive camo trucks here are prepper weirdos or hunter rambos.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's trivial to setup a company. That's not a real block.

Now, some kind of graduated licensing standard (below a CDL, but above the current standard), absolutely.

[–] MashedPotatoJeff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

In what way? The idea of only two color options, or would you be willing to buy such a truck?

[–] MashedPotatoJeff@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just like the colors. If there's only going to be two I think those are solid choices.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 years ago

...probably needs to be a fleet white, too, for actual work trucks to reflect solar heat gain...