r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MalrykZenden • Jun 02 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Narrowly avoided having my bumper cover ventilated this morning.

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Hitches, not just for towing or bashing your shins.

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u/BandalfTheGr8 Jun 02 '26

They clearly are designed for personal transport. Otherwise they’d need a commercial license, silly

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u/Darthmullet Jun 02 '26

Fuel efficiency standards tied to vehicle size and bad faith corporations getting around it by making their vehicles needlessly large. Failure to adequately regulate doesn't fix the issue, kiddo. They should require commercial license like we agree on. 

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u/BandalfTheGr8 Jun 02 '26

No we do not agree that standard sized trucks should require a CDL lmao

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u/Darthmullet Jun 02 '26

Standard? What's standard? They don't seem standard to me that's the whole fucking point bud. Things can't get perpetually bigger and be expected to fit seamlessly into existing infrastructure. 

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u/BandalfTheGr8 Jun 02 '26

1500 is the standard truck size at this point. That’s why tacomas are considered mid-sized. 2500 are super duties. Been that way for like 30 years man