• Beaver@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Why do so many people in Alberta have those big trucks when they do not need them. No wonder why they have highest emissions per capita in the nation.

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      It kind of gains momentum. My mom is someone who got a smaller truck after her big one. Not even a car, just a smaller truck. And she feels a bit vulnerable on the road. And a lot of these idiots will merge into you and kill you because you’re in a smaller vehicle

      So basically, a lot of people who should NOT be driving have huge trucks and other people get huge trucks so they don’t feel like they may get killed by an idiot

      I swear, if all of this province had regular tests every 5 years, most Albertans would be forbidden from driving

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        Yeah there really needs to be some laws curtailing the size of these useless abominations. Or make it so there are extra driving tests you need to take before buying one because it’s way too large and the ones that usually buy them are the not-so-intelligent crowd.

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          6 months ago

          Only thing worse is those motor homes, some you need a “Q” air endorsement for the brakes, but that’s it.

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      Part of it is the rig jobs give you a bonus to buy a truck to get to rig sites. They don’t account for all the trucks, but a good portion.

      I have a truck myself, instead of a car and needing to a rent truck/trailer weekly for my work. It’s big enough for my kids and to haul most of my work stuff.

      Source on the emissions? Thanks.

      Edit Found a source Alberta is 5th even with the oil and gas industry tipping the scales their way.

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        I’m not saying you don’t need the truck (only you know your needs), but I can haul quite a lot with my hatchback + utility trailer. Trucks aren’t the only tow-capable vehicle out there these days, modern 4 bangers are quite powerful

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          The biggest upside to a truck is that the bed is outside. It’s perfect for wet, stinky, unsanitary, powdery/sandy, etc can cause huge headaches in a van or hatchback, and doesn’t require you to pull a trailer which can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. It’s like the multitool of vehicles: bulky, not the best for any given job, but capable of doing almost anything.

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          Yes there are a lot of people who get them for stuff that can be grabbed with a car more or less. 6 bags of concrete and some 2x4s can easily be gotten in a car infrequently.

          And yes I likely could make a car/trailer work, but some sites are off-roading more or less. So even if you’re a lackey, sometimes the site just requires more than a car and other options than a truck aren’t as practicable or convenient.

          Yeah every could go and a rent truck 3 times a week. But that’s just silly after a point, and yeah sure there is sometimes you don’t need it for 2 months as well. That’s reality.

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            6 months ago

            You are definitely not the demographic people usually complain about when they complain about truck owners.

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              Nope, but you still get it if you haven’t used it for a week or something. People seem to think you need to use it 100% of the time to justify it or something.

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        6 months ago

        #2 and #3 from the front show zero visible signs of wear.

        The moronic thought process is less damage will be done to their vehicle when it hits the tow ball, and it’ll do more damage to the vehicle that hit them. Since they deserve it for hitting them.

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          Someone’s not thinking. The removable hitch mounts into a steel receiver, made out of the same material and mount below the bumper. Does exactly the same damage 6 inches further away.

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            Yep, but that’s also 6 more inches to get through until the bumper. The problem being it removes the crumple zone the bumper has and makes the force entirely in your frame instead. It will also almost always hit the radiator of the vehicle hitting them doing significant damage.

            They leave it there as assholes, while also not actually protecting their own vehicle, other than cosmetically, they’ll do more structural damage instead.

            Hence the moron part.

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              Hey now. Alberta has a ton of morons, and slightly more than their fair share of assholes. But Hanlon’s razor* still applies. I don’t think anybody put a hitch on their truck with the express intent of causing harm somewhere. They are more likely just stupid and/or lazy.

              * “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

              In other words: some bad things happen not because of people having bad intentions, but because they did not think it through properly. Or at all.

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                No… I’ve had truck owners ask me why I don’t leave mine on to protect my truck or make it worse for others. I just roll my eyes and walk away, because you can’t reason with them, like what’s happening in the comment chain here.

                Also comes down to monkey see monkey do too I find.

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                  Fair enough. I lived there long enough to know that some of them definitely did it purely out of spite, I just can’t imagine it is a majority.

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                    Yep sorry didn’t mean to imply all/majority, just provide some insight. I used to work construction for commercial industrial general contractor. I saw ALL types in the various industries and businesses we dealt with and the range of contractors we used as well.

                    Lots of perspectives while having to “break bread” with some of them.

                    I’ve forgotten to take my ball off before, it happens, no one is immaculate.

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                It still has to travel through 6” of towball before hitting the bumper, so it saves that cosmetic damage.

                The hell is with the insults?

                Edit, oh you’re on of those people that think the tow ball protects your truck from damage, which it doesn’t. Hence you thinking I was insulting you in my original comment.

                So a better example would be, you would get damaged if the vehicle stopped 2” short of your bumper, since you have something g attached to your frame sticking 6”. Does that makes sense to you now? I can provide a picture to show the differences with and without a towball on a bumper.

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                    Im not feeling insulted, why are you suggesting that? I said the hell is with the insults, which you did use, or do you not understand the definitions of some of the words you used?

                    Good job not being a stereotypical truck owner lmfao. You are the reason why the rest of us who actually have work trucks get in shit, because you think a tow ball protects your truck from damage… when it’s an 6” for someone to hit when they could have stopped short….

                    So yeah, throw some more insults, that’ll show non-truck owners who we really are.