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68 points

We really should put a limit on car sizes.

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Make them have a commercial license and pay for commercial transporting or something.

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In the US at least, you need a CDL if you drive a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight greater than 10,000 lbs (4536 kg). The 2022 GMC Hummer EV weighs a whopping 9,063 lbs (4111 kg) so that’s probably the largest vehicle a regular person would be able to buy.

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That only matters if you’re “for hire”. I’m not aware of a single state or province where you can’t drive a 45 foot long tour bus RV towing a double car trailer on a regular license. You can legally b-train trailers in lots of places. Giant truck + huge trailer + cargo trailer full of quads and side by sides is totally kosher.

Edit: I can go buy a Ford F750 and drive it like a pickup truck if I want. The Hummer is not nearly the biggest vehicle a normal person can buy and drive

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It is 3500kg in Germany for your regular driver’s license (unless you got yours in the distant past) so that is probably one market that limits it a bit more here in the EU.

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I drove a gigantic uhaul once that I was amazed I could with a normal licence.

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I’m 99% sure it’s 26,000lbs at least for a straight truck non combination.

Source: I used to be a CDL A holder

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Those tires must be expensive.

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8 points

Tax by weight, easy peasy

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8 points

Or - hear me out - have pollution regulations that become more and more lax the bigger the vehicle is.

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7 points

There is one, but it’s outrageous. RVs like to push that limit.

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