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Past-Passenger9129 t1_j1pryn8 wrote

Reply to comment by Griever114 in Track selected: Ice world by Miser

NYC has a law that treats uncapped pickup trucks as commercial vehicles, which greatly increases the taxes and fines. That's why you rarely see them as passenger cars in the city. That truck is almost certainly work related.

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SillyDig1520 t1_j1qjtk7 wrote

Just for edification, what does "uncapped" in this context mean?

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VileSlay t1_j1r3c8u wrote

They make covers for pickup truck beds. Some are flush with the top of the truck bed and some flush with the roof of the cabin, which is called a camper top. That said, I do believe that rule is no longer in effect. IIRC they made it so that unaltered pickups under 5,000 lbs can register as passenger vehicles. Prior to that if you didn't alter your truck it had to be registered as a commercial vehicle and that restricted which roads you can drive and park on. I could be wrong on this, but I remember something about this in the news 20-ish years ago.

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