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[monstrous SUV & truck news] FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - manufacturers would be required to study the impact of test dummies hit outside of vehicles. (chicago.suntimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They'll use some tonnage loophole to exempt their murder plow trucks by classing them as commercial vehicles and thereby increasing the size and deadliness as well as reducing fuel economy even more. Three birds with one stone!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Minivans being classed as "light trucks", there's precedent tbh.