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[–] [email protected] 192 points 5 months ago (74 children)

I'm sorry, why the fuck aren't these street legal in more than half of the states? The article says something about safety, but these are street legal all over Europe where we have stronger safety regulations.

Also there's something I can't put my finger on about the journalist choosing a hero image of the van losing its cargo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Where exactly are these legal in Europe? I've never seen one, we have small-ish trucks (that get bigger every iteration) but not this tiny, that I know of. Pretty sure they're not legal in my country at least.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

in Europe?
but not this tiny,

You don't know the Ape? It's really everywhere in Europe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ape

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You don't know the Ape? It's really everywhere in Europe.

I haven't seen those in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany except maybe once in 5 years. Further, it's seems not comparable. In Netherlands it likely wouldn't be considered a car. It likely would fall under the max 45 kmh regulations.

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