• meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    At the very least you should need a special license to operate them. They’re classed differently to avoid safety and emissions regulations imposed on regular cars, so its perfectly reasonable that there should be different requirements to purchase them and get behind the wheel.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      That’s brilliant.

      I cannot believe my license lets me drive all sorts of vehicle sizes that can outright crush/kill, right off the bat.

      But to operate a forklift or ride a motorcycle that is more likely to kill myself? Nah gotta have a license.

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        5 months ago

        Not to mention the massive loads they can haul which basically turn them into semi trucks, vehicles which you would in fact need a special license to operate, with worse visibility to boot. Way too many people out there hauling ridiculously large campers and sometimes even towing an extra vehicle at the end of their train with zero special training to do so.