You’re spamming this same study throughout the thread without realizing that is uses a different and much stricter definition of “hauling” than the average person.
Could it be possible that while you can cram something in the backseat of a car, a truck bed might result in less damage to vehicle interiors and the object being moved?
It's a tool not a baby. Are you buying vehicles several times the price and encumberance because you can't fold down the rear seats and lay down some tarp?
You make it sound like it would be unreasonable to dunk on people wasting our society resources.
Why not hit on people driving 4 seat cars when they drive alone most of the time? If it affects me it should be normal that I voice an opinion.
Those cars use public space, roads, bridges that are affected more the heavier your car is.
That also drives up the motor power needed which in turn increases public air pollution.
> This is a hilarious take for anyone who has spent any time living outside of a big city.
People outside of big city need big trucks about as often as people in the city.
Source: lived in the middle of nowhere in North Carolina.
Living outside of big city doesn't mean you're immediately a farmer who needs to haul tons of forage or lumber. The absolute vast majority of people don't.
I live in a big city and two children under 10 have been killed by large pickup trucks within a half mile of my home in the last five years. Two that I know of anyway, because I'm acquainted with the families. One had been modified with a "bull bar" making it more dangerous to pedestrians.
This is a hilarious take for anyone who has spent any time living outside of a big city.
Yes, there are some people who buy trucks because they want one but don’t actually use the truck features.
Generalizing to “Americans are cosplaying” is just trolling.