Because tradies, builders and workers in general deserve a utility vehicle that's useful, economic, reliable and isn't designed to threaten murdering anyone outside of it.
These humble machines can actually carry a huge payload, don't cost an arm and an eye to run and also don't scream that the owner is trying to compensate for their fragile masculinity. 10/10
Back to our series about Reasonably Sized Vehicles of Japan, we found today an absolute delight of an EV.
I don't know its name but it says Toyota Autobody in the front.
A lady was driving it to the library.
It's very cool and cute and maybe I'll accept a few of these on my dream city for people who definitely need to drive for some reason.
I'm sorry, cute Toyota COMS, you had my heart for a little bit but there's an #ebike that looks very similar but it's a bicycle and therefore always better in my opinion.
I declare my new found love to the Quadvelo. ❤️🚲
@pezmico When I was in Japan I liked how cars are not the automatic bosses of pedestrians. In mixed mode areas pedestrians are not expected to just get out of the way of vehicles.
@runoutgroover This is extremely good too. At first I was worried about the lack of footpaths in narrow neighbourhood streets, but it works out really well.
Bikes, pedestrians of all ages and cars seem to be able to safely share the street and respect each other.
These streets are naturally low speed areas, I don't know if there's a formal limit but no one seems to drive over maybe 20k/h.
@pezmico@runoutgroover Japan is like this due to legislative as well as social reasons. This fantastic 99% invisible podcast episode goes into how Japan ended up with a car culture that's incredibly safe for everyone, including kids.
Add comment