American-made “truckzillas” are flooding West Australian streets, with thousands of RAM 1500s, Ford F-150s and Chevrolet Silverados now on the road despite long-standing safety warnings about their size, weight and visibility.

Federal Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics records show a sharp increase in large American utes or “pickups” entering Australia since 2021, rising from almost none to thousands of approvals a year.

In WA, more than 6000 of the vehicles are registered, led by RAMs and Ford’s F-Series, according to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure.

University of Melbourne associate professor Milad Haghani, an expert in urban risk and resilience, said the purchase of these vehicles had become an “arms race”.

“People see themselves boxed in

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