Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Who Gives a Crap About the Line Between Cars and Trucks? We Do (Except When We Don’t)

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Paragraph (b) concerns “off-highway” vehicles, which are also deemed light trucks by virtue of their perceived badassery. To satisfy the first part of the off-road provision, a vehicle must have “4-wheel drive or [be] rated at more than 6000 pounds gross vehicle weight.” To qualify for off-roadiness, a vehicle must also satisfy at least four of the following: approach angle of not less than 28 degrees, breakover angle of not less than 14 degrees, departure angle of not less than 20 degrees, running clearance of not less than 20 centimeters (7.9 inches), front and rear axle clearances of not less than 18 centimeters (7.1 inches) each. Why 7.1 inches? Or 7.9? Or 28 degrees? And how is there no description of what varieties of four-wheel drive count as “4-wheel drive”?

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