100km/h isn't that fast...
chocoladisco
I don't understand pick up trucks, unless you do landscaping or farming. In a van your shit won't get stolen as easily.
Why shouldn't you? The car is rated and tested for it.
So you buy a stupidly large car to tow a stupidly large camper. I see.
Of course, otherwise you get a fine for endangering traffic.
The solution in other countries:
Carry a lighter trailer, you don't need to tow a whole house with you.
Here in Germany your usual driver's licence (costing around 3k nowadays, btw) only allows you to drive vehicles rated to max 3500kg and towing up to 750kg. Anything else requires another (also expensive) licence.
Want to tow up to 3500kg? That will be mandatory drivers classes and a driving exam. Total cost about 1k. Want to drive a vehicle rated over 3500kg? That requires a truck licence, so more drivers classes, a medical, a theory and a practical exam. Total cost would be around 5k I guess, also you get to renew it every 5 years.
As a person who likes boating, I don't understand people wanting to tow around their boats all the time. If I were to ride a boat sufficiently that owning one makes sense, it would stay at the marina. Because why would I want a boat in front of my house? Then again I just rent boats because I want to ride them in different locations.
I don't know about Japan but here in Europe I just see tradesmen, needing large quantities, getting their materials delivered on a pallet from a semi-trailer.
Most use vans though for carrying their equipment, since you usually don't want your gear sitting outside, like it would on a pickup truck.
In Germany the traffic law only applies to public roadways, plaxes
Multimodal transport is amazing. Ride bike to station - ride a fast train - ride from station to destination.
This is me currently getting my drivers licence. I hate being in a car but I need to regularly transport a ton of refrigerated food. I hate nothing more than being in a car.
I did not mean you, I was just expressing the logic of the people doing that.