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Re: Recreational vehicles and more questions about the US
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Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:56:05 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
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> "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> writes:
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> > To be perfectly vague, there is large (which requires no additional
> > license) and larger (Which does :) I can't explain it, and I don't
> > know the maximum size of a vehicle that can be driven with an
> > ordinary license. And it can vary from amongst states.
Most places use a weight rating of somewhere around 20000 pounds (the
max
the vehicle can carry, not the actual weight of the vehicle). If a
truck
has air brakes, that usually means you need the special license.
> Perhaps it is related to the number of seats? That would sound
> reasonable. At home, one can drive a fairly large vehicle with a
> normal license. But once the number of seats exceed 6 (or something
> similar), you'll need a special "light bus" license.
That is a different license over here, called a chauffeurs license,
needed
when you drive a vehicle that carries more than 8 (?) people.
> > > I really wonder why people need to drive around in oversized
> > > trucks all the time.
> >
> > For a lot of people, the size of the car is a safety issue, real or
> > not.
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> I suppose so. Of course, if "everybody else" has a large vehicle, it
> is probably a real safety issue.
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> But I would say that not only the weight of the vehicle matters in a
> collision: The way the chassis compress also matters pretty much.
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> > In Norway, how much of that price can be attributed to taxes?
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> A lot. Frankly, I don't know the exact figure.
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> But it is largely an environmental issue: People accept the fact that
> driving a car is an environmental hazard, and accept to pay a bit for
> it.
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