Why are these fuel efficient trucks banned in our state? : massachusetts | Soys very mad when Dems """""ban""""" Kei trucks on the grounds they lack basic safety features, much reeeing about real trucks

As much as I'd like to complain about regulators allowing dangerously large vehicles but not these, I believe it's because they're horribly unsafe for the driver, lacking basic safety features required of all automobiles in the US.

Yup. Just look at that thing. You hit sweat frick all in it and that's all see wrote

Motorcycles

Aren't trucks.

because they do not meet all the safety standards. They are considered unsafe.

Neither does a 68 Impala, but guess what you can still register and drive? Or a 25 year old import Mercedes, or a model T, where the primary structure is made from wood. This has no grounding in reality or safety

Those are grandfathered in and were in the country and road legal at the time of manufacture. These trucks would not be road legal at time of manufacture in the US, because they're not MADE for the us.

Because truck companies don't want you to buy good cars, they want you to buy THEIR cars. And they WILL burn money to make sure you don't get the choice.

!bumpkins !whitetrash Would you ever, for any reason, take one of these Kei mini trucks over a pickup or a van?

Because car and truck dealers hate competition.

I bet the big bad car dealers are the reason ATVs are "banned" right?

I think this is probably the most plausible answer (possibly the UTV/ATV dealers too).

If they says it's about the safety what about motorcycles and classic cars.

Small market share and the fact no one uses them for hauling. Heck I can't even remember the last time I saw either on a high way

If they say it's about their slow acceleration or top speed what about the Model T (and similar) or the very small mini bikes.

They meet the 25 year rule, people know what they're in for when they import them. Due to this nature I could see it being required for MA sellers to let new buyers know what they're in for when getting one. This ruling on registration is hypocritical, especially when lined up with the above arguments.

lmfao

I wouldn't be shocked if car dealer lobbyists have something to do with this. Dealers want you to buy a brand new 40K+ giant truck and not a tiny Kei truck

Mainly because one of them will actually be useful.