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I live in Japan and I have driven trucks like this a lot. They are common work trucks. I also rented one a few years ago when I moved. They are much safer than American vehicles. First thing is they are lighter and smaller. Getting hit by a pebble going 60mph or a bowling ball going 60mph is much different. The driver is all the way to the front which means if someone or something is in front of the truck, they can see it. They have big vehicles here too. Kei cars are fine. #FuckCars
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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These trucks work pretty great up here in Seattle and the surrounding areas. They hold very close to as much as a full size American 8ft truck, plus a lot of em have sides which fully fold down.
Is this common the the Seattle area? I see one dude driving one all the time near me. Always give him a wave and he waves back. Are they legal in King county only? Or whole state?
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Thank you Colorado
If you go look at most places where people regularly use trucks for actual work in the US like construction or agriculture, pretty much the only ones driving the newest and most luxurious new trucks are the bosses while the actual workers use older and more practical vehicles. And a lot of those fancy trucks have so little bed space that I can hold more shit my friends Subaru Outback. And I say give me the tiny truck that can parallel park.
Hatchbacks usually have more space than pickups..
If I could have a modern(within the past 10 years) make of a Kei truck in my little Appalachian town I'd be so goddamn happy.
Those are real trucks
How do they do in crash tests? Are there blind spots?
Cars a death machines. We need to regulate them.
Low speeds isnt a risk. But if it's a danger to its occupants or pedestrians/cyclists, it shouldn't be on the road
They do fine in crashes... Against normal sized cars. They get absolutely obliterated by trucks and SUVs.
Most of them don't go over 55, and aren't highway legal because of that.
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I understand they make absolutely terrific farm vehicles that are only meant to see minimal road use. Local access only, so American highways and stroads would be right out. Something to pick up the mail in.
In WA we can get them licensed for road use you're just not allowed on the highway, which you would be silly to try. Mine gets up to 50 mph fine, have pushed it to ~60 but the engine's basically flat out at that point.
If most of your driving is under ~40 they're perfectly usable. Not super fast on the acceleration but personally think it's fun to have 30 mph be 4th gear. 30-40 mpg in and around town. Have had friends that borrowed it talk about how it's kind of zen to have people blow past you when you're doing the speed limit and then you both sit side-by-side at a stoplight for a while. And the next light and the next.
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Tax subsidized parasite big mad they might have to compete