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American Trucks and SUVs Have Gotten as Big as WWII Tanks
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- fargle 5y agoAccording to this article, modern 1/2 ton pickups (why not 1 ton?) weigh 1/12th, are significantly narrower and shorter. The only metric by which they are about as large is length. And that is clearly nothing new either, plenty trucks and cars from the last 100 years were 20ft long. This is like saying modern bicycles have gotten as large as WWI airplanes by comparing wheel size. Thppt...
- jelliclesfarm 5y ago[..] An analysis last month by Consumer Reports shows that hood height for passenger trucks increased 11 percent since 2000, generating larger blind spots directly in front of the truck. That has coincided with a 46 percent rise in fatalities over the past decade. [..]
- fargle 5y agoand yet even a T-34 is much taller, let alone a Sherman. and correlation is not causation either. I'm not arguing that trucks aren't big, but they are neither anywhere close to the size of tanks, nor does this article say that, regardless of the poor title.
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoits proportional. i know i can turn on a dime when i am riding my tractor. and its much lighter than the average truck. i will topple if i try any hi jinks with it on the streets. vs a smaller/shorter car that can certainly turn on a dime on a cul de sac. in urban environments and on roads, a smaller turning radius is immensely useful. and then there is the height and the clearance. it's not apples to apples clearly.