The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators recommended states to ban non-FMVSS compliant cars, including everything keijidōsha, back in 2021. The Texas DMV has issued a ruling that these cars are now, and will remain, street legal for use on Texas roadways.

unironically 10x more useful for actual work than a cybertruck or one of these gigantic childcrusher 9000 trucks with a tiny bed

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Much less dangerous as well. The fact that they use safety standards as ban justification is laughable given the legality of the cyber truck tbh, or hell, motorcycles

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rare texas w

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Me and the boys (and girls) loading up on the Kei Truck to do some ecoterrorism against ShinRa.

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As long as one homie learns the way of the (buster) blade and knows how to ride a hog we can never be stopped

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Can someone explain why they are banned to begin with here ?

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Because if we were allowed to import light duty pick up trucks it would kill off three separate domestic markets. Theyre better work vehicles than pick up trucks, better commuters than suvs and better utility vehicles than sedans or hatchbacks.

The only way they’re lacking at all is if you need to transport more than two people which virtually nobody in America does anyway.

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I assumed it was something like that. Of course it is. Thanks for sharing.

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A guess: US automakers’ profits were threatened by cheap, effective Japanese vehicles and they got their dogs in the government to do something about it

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I just love these little trucks. If I could get away with the small payload, I’d buy one tomorrow.

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They typically haul about as much as a crew cab pickup anyway, and are much easier to load and unload.

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Yeah they’re great. I see lots of them with fold-down sides on the beds for side loading too. The payload ratings are not comparable to the larger consumer pickups though, sadly.

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