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Australia had plenty, yet mysteriously has far fewer deaths.

You're either grossly misinformed or you're being disingenuous; try installing 40" mud tires and a 6" lift kit on your truck in Australia and see what happens. In the U.S. it's just another brodozer and no cop will ever bat an eye.

Australia has plenty of crossovers which are the bulk of these deaths.

Vehicles with 40s on them and a 6” lift are so rare in America they have no statistical significance in regard to accidents.


You wrote that Australia has plenty of brodozers. Crossovers are not brodozers, nor is it possible to operate a brodozer on public roads in Australia. Clearly, you're misinformed, if not entirely disingenuous, but your commitment to stay the course is admirable.

> Vehicles with 40s on them and a 6” lift are so rare in America they have no statistical significance in regard to accidents.

Do you have a source for this? Asking as someone who recently narrowly escaped death with a loved one as victims in a highway rollover crash caused by a dimwit operating a brodozer with 40" mud tires and a 6" lift in America.


I’m from Australia and lived there off and on. People can and do alter vehicles including lifting them. Your assertion you can’t drive with a 6” lift is flatly false, although 3” is more standard. Many people exceed the statutory limit and simply get away with it. You’re right that 40s are rare, but they’re also rare in America.

Vehicles with 40” wheels and 6” lift are extremely rare. I haven’t seen one in at least a year, but I’ve personally witnessed multiple accidents in the last year.

If you’d said something like 35s with a 3” you might have made your case a little better.

You can complain about this all you want, but the main problem in terms of vehicle shape is crossovers which are widely available in both America and Australia.


If you've lived in Australia, I'm back to thinking you're being wholly disingenuous, and certainly evasive. I'll steer clear of engaging with you in the future.

A Hilux is hardly a lifted 1500.

Exactly.



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