And it redefines it as a vehicle with a curb weight of 6,900 pounds which would be unlawful to drive on many American streets, if anyone bothered enforcing that.
Can't wait to get hit by one.
Can't wait to get hit by one.
Heavier cars pay more, lighter cars pay less. Cars with better collision avoidance tech pay less, cars with none of that pay more. Longer braking distance pays more, shorter braking distance pays less, etc.
Though recent hybrids and EV's have to emit a fairly loud sound when running electric only. I have a hybrid CR-V and it sounds sort of like a chorus just going "AAAAAAAAAAAAAA".
Big citation needed on that claim. I don't think car/ped collisions are frequently avoided on the basis of hearing engine noise.
But yes, same basic reasoning.
Where would these be unlawful to drive?
"The following streets are hereby declared to be truck traffic routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three (3) tons, hereinafter called 'trucks', and the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to designate such streets by appropriate signs as "truck route". The streets are specifically designated as follows:..."
and:
"No person shall operate any truck having a gross weight in excess of three (3) tons on any street in the City except on those streets specified in the preceding section..."
https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/#14.60.070 "Prohibiting the use of certain streets by commercial trucks exceeding three tons gross vehicle weight."
In California pickup trucks generally are commercial vehicles, regardless of whether they are used for hire or not.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/handbook/vehicle-industry-regi...
These are not considered "commercial vehicles" by the very code you linked. They are considered passenger pickup trucks.
In California pickup trucks are not considered commercial vehicles unless they are being used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
Your links literally prove my point: these trucks can be driven anywhere in Berkeley (unless it's a work truck).
Many California truck buyers are surprised by this fact.
There's always been fun debates among car enthusiasts about what you register a Subaru Baja (a strange half-car, half-truck thing) as in California too...
It's not really stunning to me that cops aren't out there checking 43 streets for vehicles that are in the wrong tax category by 700 pounds.
Class C:
Any 2-axle vehicle with a GVW rating of 26,000 lbs. or less, including when such vehicle is towing a trailer with a GVW rating of 10,000 lbs. or less; any 3-axle vehicle weighing 6,000 lbs. or less; any 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 lbs. or more unladen when towing a trailer not exceeding 10,000 lbs. GVW rating; any motor home of 40 feet in length or less; any 5th wheel trailer under 10,000 lbs. if not for hire or under 15,000 lbs. with endorsement; or vehicle towing another vehicle with a GVW rating of 10,000 lbs. or less.Yes. I thought the ludicrous giant yellow buses were a joke until I visited America. Start enforcing proper driving standards rather than making every vehicle double-height and armour-plated.
School buses being built the way they are keeps kids from getting killed in crashes. Enforcing proper driving standards basically just means somehow penalizing the driver who killed people, which doesn't bring them back to life.
And yet the US somehow ends up with many more road deaths of children than countries with more sane bus designs. Bigger buses means bigger roads, more spread out development, more road dependence...