At what point do you need a commercial vehicle license?
I was able to drive a 38’ Class-A RV, weighing 24,000 lbs with my normal license….
Depends on the state, but it’s often around 26,000 gross pounds, or some length + combination tractor trailer if not driving for hire.
There’s a reason truckers call RV drivers “fucking terrorists”. You can legally drive an RV without a commercial license, even though it’s the size of a goddamned bus. Which means you never received training on how to avoid things like “sucking cyclists under your vehicle with your wake”.
In Germany you can drive cars with up to 3.5 tons (3500 kg) with a standard B class driving license
https://www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/StV/Strassenverkehr/fahrerlaubnisklassen-uebersicht.html
That’s lower than I’d expect. The new Hummer EV weighs significantly more than 3500kg.
Hummers and big trucks in general are pretty rare in Germany. Some people who got their driving license a long time ago are allowed to drive heavier vehicles but the standard Führerschein Klasse B is 3.5 tons max. You can add additional licenses but it can get pretty expensive (several thousand Euros).
However, big vehicles are pretty impractical anyways in Germany. The cities, at least the older parts of them, are not built for cars. Often it’s already tight for small cars. Parking spaces are usually also tight.
They are impractical over here as well. That does not stop them.
Factors may also be the higher fuel prices and being unable to fit inside a parking building
Truck still needs:
- gigantic lift kit
- absurdly bright aftermarket headlights
- ladder to reach the doors
- cowcatcher on the front to move inconvenient pedestrians out of the way
Don’t forget to donk it out with rear squat suspension, wheel spacers, and enormous rims
And truck nuts
Even the oem lights are absurdly bright.
pedestrian rating meter should be full–how many can you run over at once w/o noticing
Is the vehicle¹ supposed to be used on the UK or Australia?
1 - Honestly, I almost wrote “car” there, but no idea what this thing is named.
Pavement princess, horrifying anti pedestrian killing machine automotive transportation platform
Ah yes! The PPHAPKMATP! How could I forget ?
Well, it doesn’t have a usable bed so it’s not a truck.
Well giving it has a bed I would personally lump it in with trucks such as it is.
