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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 days agoI am talking about 40.000kg trucks. Anything below 3.500kg is basically harmless (in comparison).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoIt depends on what the roads were built for. If they are built to handle 1500kg passenger cars, 3500kg behemoth SUVs and Pickups can really do some damage, especially at speed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 days agoI don’t know of any road built for 1.500kg cars. Most are 40t, with some 12t and very few narrow and old ones with 3.5t (and usually have a 30 km/h limit).
I am talking about 40.000kg trucks. Anything below 3.500kg is basically harmless (in comparison).
It depends on what the roads were built for.
If they are built to handle 1500kg passenger cars, 3500kg behemoth SUVs and Pickups can really do some damage, especially at speed.
I don’t know of any road built for 1.500kg cars. Most are 40t, with some 12t and very few narrow and old ones with 3.5t (and usually have a 30 km/h limit).