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    Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

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    Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

    Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

    A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions.

    The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.”

    So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy. It is growing in popularity in Europe, with the number of Rams arriving on the continent up 20% in 2023 from the year before, according to registration data from the European Environment Agency.

    Road safety and environmental campaigners in the UK and Europe are aghast as the latest, most extreme cases of North American car bloat – giant pickup trucks – are increasingly crossing the Atlantic.

    Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/12/monster-pickup-trucks-accelerate-europe-sales-rise-safety-fears

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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