Dodge Ram in the Netherlands

Someone in my city did this. Their car blocked the tram. The tram company ordered taxis for all passengers, and the car owner had to foot the bill.

“This is why we don’t need #US #cars in #Europe”

We don't need this shit in the US, either. I hope that tram just rammed the fucker.

Imagine thinking tariffs are why these warships don't sell in Europe.

There is something poetic about this image and how the USA "fits" in with the rest of the world.

I don't even drive a big vehicle, but I know that I would be mortified if I drove somewhere only to realize that my vehicle is like 2x the size of every other vehicle around me, and I cannot fit into any parking spot.

How do these people live with themselves? I would get out of the truck, take a look at how far I'm blocking the road, and then just drive away and never come back.

These cars should be banned in Europe. If your car doesn't fit into a parking spot, it's too big.

And the orange man doesn't understand why Europeans don't want to buy American cars. :\

American cars are the way they are because if you make them big enough, you can classify them as a truck. Trucks, because of old regulations aimed at farmers, have lower safety standards. The automakers thus don't have to spend as much on development and can make bank off of idiots that feel safer in their death traps just because they can see over the sedans.

Canadian here - they’re useless here too. Saw a guy the other day who couldn’t even put some 2x4s in his box because it was to short due to having full size back seats. He had them poking through the window into the cab 😂

This is 100% illegal, even if there was no tram rails. City would toe tow this car if they were quick enough to respond too.

From dodge ram to didn't dodge and was rammed

That will be expensive.
And dumb, how can you not see the tracks?

#1 vehicle for drivers being under the influence of alcohol.

We don't need US cars like that one in the US!

This looks like a show down.

Tram be like:

"You're big because the single person inside you is insecure.

I'm big because there are 100 people inside me.

We are not the same."

Dodge Ram. Making bank off insecurity

Train can't dodge, but it can ram...

Time to equip the tram with giant sawblades to clear the way.

Modern day trolley problem. Do you ram the Dodge Ram?

Why would you even do that? Give that asshole a fat ticket for doing something like that

Me to tram driver:

"SEND IT, BRO!"

Too bad the tram havent hit his car

Even setting aside that it's so unnecessarily huge, imagine having the utter contempt for others and self-importance necessary to park up on tram lines like that.

I worked at Hornbach in the Netherlands, it's become a big thing among small independant contractors.

We would have about 50 of these trucks pull into the drive-in every single day.

I do think they are pretty cool looking, but the bed is so tall that even a dutch person can only gain access through the rear door. Outrageous with their 5.4l Hemi but i liked the sound and a fairly impractical car overall.

They look just as stupid here in Germany

So what will the authorities in the Netherlands do in this situation? Put a ticket on it and then wait for the owner to move it? Tow it to an impound lot? Flip it and light it on fire?

Whatever size the vehicle, you can't block the tracks...

EDIT: I've been in this situation in streetcars in San Francisco and New Orleans. No emergency vehicles came, no super tow truck...the streetcar just waited and blocked traffic until the driver came back and moved their vehicle. I don't know what would have happened if the driver never came back, but nothing happened in the 20-30 minutes we waited.

The original post was on reddit, a few years ago.

They haven't been Dodge Rams since 2010. The brand is just Ram now, they spun off from Dodge.

I'm in the US and have a 1970 Fiat 500. That little car can handle quite a few of my needs. I sometimes use it for work, when I only have estimates. Normally I drive a full size Ford E150 van.

I appreciate the Fiat because it's so different from everything on the roads here, just fun to drive, (I'm 54, so at an age where things like lumbar support and other creature comforts are nice) and it's just uncomfortable enough to make me really appreciate our more modern and larger vehicles (the For van, a Mercury Cougar convertible, a Dodge 2500 4x4, and a Volvo XC70).

The only real bad side is that between it's age and the fact that they were never freaky imported into the US, parts aren't readily available. The last time I used it for work, it broke down.

I see someone parked their emotional support truck in the normal car parking spot.

V70 looks so tiny next to it.

Ah yeah , it's big body season now in EU

It’s about to be ‘Dodge rammed in the Netherlands’

That team's going to have to pick up some speed if it wants to get through.

I hate our cars too. Not just because I'm too scared to drive one though.

Bro, read the room.

Where is the tailor made tramway dilemma meme here?!!!

Hell yeah brother

Pedantic, but Dodge hasn't made the Ram for over 15 years now. Ram trucks are their own brand.

Why doesn't the tram just go around... /s

I wonder how similar in size that pos is to the tram it's blocking?

It's fun to hate but this is likely a manipulated photo. Welcome to the Internet