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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
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. The weighty vehicles, vaunted for off-road abilities that let them conquer rugged terrain, have become common sights on the smooth tarmac of supermarket car parks and the concrete pavements outside school gates. To meet the targets and compensate the emissions from each large pickup truck, a manufacturer would, in theory, have to put three extra electric vehicles on the road, said Peter Mock, the managing director of the European branch of the International Council on Clean Transportation.
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