Just look at that. This truck is taller than a used kid (10 years old). I assume the truck can run over pretty much any other age but probably the driver might be able to see older kid’s heads. Or we could teach our kids to jump to school rather than walk. If you see a truck, jump and make eye contact before jumping while crossing the street. Or we could tell our kids to never go outside until they are 21.
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Used kid?
Once they’ve been run over a few times, they tend to be longer for some reason.
This truck is taller than a used kid (10 years old).
Well there’s your problem: you’ve got a used kid. New kids are, on average, about 5’9" - plenty tall to compete with today’s civilian tanks.
They don’t make kids like they used to. Can you imagine that a brand new kid in 2024 is much shorter than this 10 year old used kid!
The bus
Bicycle or skateboard usually, if I have to drive it’s either a 5 speed Subaru Legacy or a Prius
I’m told this makes you a lesbian.
Hmm, I do like women…
I don’t fucking drive.
This morning I was driving to work and I saw off in the distance something moving behind an F250 truck. As I got closer and got to see the back, I realized it was the owner of the truck offloading tools at the worksite. He was on the shorter side, true, but a fully grown man completely hidden by the box of the truck.
NHTSA recently published a proposed rule taking on pedestrian safety, specifically calling out this problem. Expect it to be killed early next year.
Oh you mean the new kid regulations requiring stilts and helmets to bring your kids outside? We probably also need new construction regulations to required bollards along the side of the property facing the street so as to prevent damage to trucks if the house happens to get too close.
You can buy a tank cheaper in USA than you can buy a sedan in Turkey.
By tank I mean a tank. A real tank. Used by Israel and Syria in the seven day war.
Yeah.
I guarantee that tank has better visibility than the vehicle pictured
You’re joking, right?
I’ve seen this image float online:
Edit: Someone put up the complete infographic in a comment below: https://lemmy.world/comment/13766590
Well they actually put thought and careful planning into the tank.
Yeah, because if you don’t see in front of a tank, you might fall into a ditch or hit a landmine.
Which gives me an idea…
I recall about 10 years ago, a guy at a shop i used to work at bought a GMC6500. I’m 6’2" and could easily walk under the side mirrors.
I noticed the truck was parked in the same spor for about a month. I asked some of the guys I worked with why it hadn’t moved. Apparently, the owner was getting into it when he fell out backward, injuring himself.
It’s nice when stupid vehicles attack their owners rather than pedestrians and cyclists
I drive one of these. MPG isn’t great, if I’m being honest.
Have you tried installing a flaming guitarist to the hood?
I have but it, I dunno, it upsets the handling somehow.
Look at my load.
Why do people forget that not everyone lives in an urban place without deer or other dangerous wildlife encounters at high speed on the road?
The increase in height is not a narcissism thing. I agree however that trucks of this height need to be outfitted with better sensors to make sure pedestrians don’t end up dead in bad encounters.
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It’s harder at night when they’re most active. My coworker’s Jeep was totaled on a local highway doing 45mph by a deer running across in a somewhat urban area.
Harder? Slowing down works at night too….
Meanwhile, everywhere else in the world which has the same dangers, which isn’t the US: no manslaughtering penis enlengthernes, just regular station wagons and the occasional Subaru. Curious how that is.
Idk about rest of the world, but let’s take Europe.
Fact is that European cities have smaller roads and many places in Europe are denser. Europeans have been getting bigger cars just the same as Americans, https://www.motor1.com/news/707996/vehicles-larger-than-ever-usa-europe/
Don’t care about this topic that much, I just think discounting the experience of people who are impacted by more wildlife encounters is just very narrow minded.
I live in northern Sweden, a region which is sparsely populated and mostly forests. We can encounter wildlife on the road regularly, especially when the Sámi move their reindeer herds. The observation of mostly station wagons and occasional Subaru Forester and very rarely an (old, but reasonably sized) pickup is my own.
I remember hearing about it in the mandatory risk training we have to take to get our drivers licence, that if you hit a deer or a moose (they’re also very common here) with a car they’re meant to roll on the hood and then over the car. But a semi will just hit them dead on, but they’ve got enough momentum the impact and they’re designed to be able to take the blow. Either way, I’d much rather run in to a deer with my Volvo V70/XC70 than a F150.
