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Dodge Ram in the Netherlands (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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original post: https://feddit.org/post/10733288

Source: [email protected]

"This is why we don't need #US #cars in #Europe"

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

So what will the authorities in the Netherlands do in this situation? Put a ticket on it and then wait for the owner to move it? Tow it to an impound lot? Flip it and light it on fire?

Whatever size the vehicle, you can't block the tracks...

EDIT: I've been in this situation in streetcars in San Francisco and New Orleans. No emergency vehicles came, no super tow truck...the streetcar just waited and blocked traffic until the driver came back and moved their vehicle. I don't know what would have happened if the driver never came back, but nothing happened in the 20-30 minutes we waited.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my country they tow tram track blockers immediately. I think it's some sort of 'emergency' towing too (arrives faster and is more expensive). If it takes too long, they temporarily replace the tram line with a bus. I imagine it's the same in many places.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you park that, feeling like you're done, and just walk away?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

I see someone parked their emotional support truck in the normal car parking spot.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is 100% illegal, even if there was no tram rails. City would ~~toe~~ tow this car if they were quick enough to respond too.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They might even give it the whole foot

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No i meant push it away with their toe obv

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Train can't dodge, but it can ram...

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (6 children)

This looks like a show down.

Tram be like:

"You're big because the single person inside you is insecure.

I'm big because there are 100 people inside me.

We are not the same."

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

French has a nice neologism for this phenomenon: autobésité

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Why doesn't the tram just go around... /s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Saw one in Prague. What the fuck would you need a pickup for in Prague. I actually own a pickup truck and this shit makes my blood boil

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wonder how similar in size that pos is to the tram it's blocking?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

V70 looks so tiny next to it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yikes I didn’t appreciate how big the Dodge was until you pointed out the Volvo.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

To give people perspective, if you put the seats down in the back of the V70, you can sleep two lying down in the back, no problem.

That Ram is obscenely huge.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I've never seen a Ram in real life, but knowing the size of a V70 pretty well that thing is HUGE

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Pedantic, but Dodge hasn't made the Ram for over 15 years now. Ram trucks are their own brand.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They look just as stupid here in Germany

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

And the owner are almost exclusively Douchebags. One of those morons once ran me nearly over when I crossed the street in the middle of the city centre in a small tourist town. He even speed up to me, doing way more than the 30km/h speed limit there.

The other one I know was my neighbour who cheated on his wife, while she was with their baby on mother-child cure (It's like a special Rehabilitation for Mother/Dad's with small children where they can take a bit space from the troubles of daily life, and learn some resilience techniques, cooking healthy food, strengthening their body etc...)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

They're assholes in the US as well.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s about to be ‘Dodge rammed in the Netherlands’

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Rammed into the nearest canal.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago

Even setting aside that it's so unnecessarily huge, imagine having the utter contempt for others and self-importance necessary to park up on tram lines like that.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Oh come on Netherlands, you're better than this, simply declare these vehicles not road worthy as they are not road worthy. Just give owners 6 months to get rid of their dumpster trucks and then prohibit them on public roads and we're done

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are many professionals driving a bit oversized vehicles, like small cargo trucks and large vans. But these people are smart enough to know they don't fit in a standard parking spot.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The system is corrupted.
See obnoxiously bright headlights, horns which can startle people, etc.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Oh I wish.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Bro, read the room.

[–] oleorun 93 points 1 month ago (2 children)

#1 vehicle for drivers being under the influence of alcohol.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

Alcohol would explain why someone would purchase the fuck off monstrosity that is the ram. Renting a truck is a better option 99% of the time.

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[–] [email protected] 293 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“This is why we don’t need #US #cars in #Europe”

We don't need this shit in the US, either. I hope that tram just rammed the fucker.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I know we're being hyperbolic here but hard disagree -- how awful would that be for everyone on-board? And absolutely not worth the damage to public infrastructure. There's an established procedure for dealing with blockages, and I hope that process irreparably damages the truck and results in a hefty fine for the owner

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope too. But because the news headline would be "Dodge Rammed"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Driver comes running over to move the car just in time… “Ram Dodged”

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[–] [email protected] 174 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope the city seized the truck, auctioned it off, and fined the owner for littering.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

In Estonia, at your second ~~speeding~~ drunk-driving violation they confiscate your vehicle - and if it's an SUV they send it to Ukraine.

For backstory, see latest episode of the podcast The Urbanist Agenda.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I heard this was if you get caught for drunk driving the second time, they stepped up their game damn.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You're right, I meant drunk driving, not speeding.

But some countries take speeding pretty seriously too (as they should). In Norway you get a short jail spell for something like a 30kmh excess. In Switzerland the fines are adjusted for income so that rich speeders pay more - one guy paid over €1 million! Same system in Finland too, I believe.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

More like melted it down for scrap

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

and turned it into a new tram (because it's almost the same size as the fkn tram)

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