I recently got an email from a reader detailing how this complete douche parks his Tesla Cybertruck in the crosswalk every day at Mason and Lombard. The email appropriately titled “Rich Guy Makes Crosswalk Personal Parking Space for Tesla Truck” also came with photographic proof. Here’s the initial email: “This
  • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Just to be pedantic, it is categorized as a truck too, Class 2b, “light duty”. So it’s the same class as the GMC Sierra 2500, Ford F-250, and the Nissan Titan XD. I do agree it’s a piece of shit but only in that it’s a bigger piece of shit than the rest of its class.

      • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Apparently, and not just in the US:

        Light-duty trucking is a United States designation for trucks and vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight up to 8500 pounds and payload capacities up to 4000 pounds. Light commercial vehicles are a similar class of light-duty trucking vehicles found in the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada and have a gross vehicle weight up to the equivalent of 7720 pounds.