Opening the EU market to vehicles certified under US standards would weaken the protections that save lives in Europe, say more than 80 civil society organisations and the administrations of Amsterdam…
“Risk” You mean waste, kill, demolish, guarantee the loss of, wreck, harm, fuck over.
The US has seen incredible increases in physical harm to people from these monstrosities. They’ve been seeing damage to cities as roads are widened. Families consistently lose family memories or have someone harmed by injuries due to oversized vanity vehicles being significantly more dangerous to everyone around them.
Add in the increased pollution, road wear, plastics in the air from tires, new waves of loan debt to finance that shit, and the noise pollution that’s just starting to be researched (the results to date demonstrate massive issues for communities from the noise alone). Allowing these shit box machines into the EU would be horrible for the continent.
Source: yes, I do pay attention to the research. Yes, I do work with advocacy groups to improve city infrastructure and reduce car dependency. Yes, I did live in the US for 45 years. Yes, I did have family and friends lost to these oversized vehicles. Yes, I moved out of the US, partially to escape the road-car-truck-storad shithole my cities became ot accommodate cars over people. Don’t let it happen here, EU.
In the words of the Australian Transportation Secretary: “when deciding what to do, look at the Americans and don’t do that”.
“Risk” You mean waste, kill, demolish, guarantee the loss of, wreck, harm, fuck over.
The US has seen incredible increases in physical harm to people from these monstrosities. They’ve been seeing damage to cities as roads are widened. Families consistently lose family memories or have someone harmed by injuries due to oversized vanity vehicles being significantly more dangerous to everyone around them.
Add in the increased pollution, road wear, plastics in the air from tires, new waves of loan debt to finance that shit, and the noise pollution that’s just starting to be researched (the results to date demonstrate massive issues for communities from the noise alone). Allowing these shit box machines into the EU would be horrible for the continent.
Source: yes, I do pay attention to the research. Yes, I do work with advocacy groups to improve city infrastructure and reduce car dependency. Yes, I did live in the US for 45 years. Yes, I did have family and friends lost to these oversized vehicles. Yes, I moved out of the US, partially to escape the road-car-truck-storad shithole my cities became ot accommodate cars over people. Don’t let it happen here, EU.
In the words of the Australian Transportation Secretary: “when deciding what to do, look at the Americans and don’t do that”.