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> "The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, a lobbying outfit representing semitrailer builders, had little desire to make safer rear guards. In corresponde
by elihu 3y ago
> "The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, a lobbying outfit representing semitrailer builders, had little desire to make safer rear guards. In correspondence with the department, the TTMA said it would be 'far more practical' to force Volkswagen and other companies making compact cars to produce larger vehicles that were less likely to slip beneath a truck."
Of course.
- cornholio 3y ago> 'far more practical' to force Volkswagen and other companies making compact cars to produce larger vehicles While being far more dangerous to children due to the low frontal visibility of American style trucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDH3FDfVQl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDH3FDfVQl0 The "huge car to overcompensate for a tiny brain" fad is growing in Europe and it's a travesty.
- bob_neumann 3y ago[flagged]
- bmicraft 3y agoIs this supposed to be satire?
- LordShredda 3y agoCould be nixon from hell
- sn41 3y agoDon't forget that Nixon established the EPA. So he wasn't entirely anti-regulation. (or maybe there were political pressures, I don't know the details.)
- HPsquared 3y agoEnvironmental protection was historically a conservative thing. "Conservation" and all that. Free markets were a left-wing thing in the past. These things aren't set in stone.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- kelnos 3y agoAssuming you're being serious (god I hope not; how ignorant), no, that's not the problem. Sure, tiny tiny cars are more vulnerable in a crash, but we're talking about normal-size sedans here. Even a smaller SUV probably wouldn't fare so well.
- jamiek88 3y agoOne was a Chevy Silverado that notoriously small itty bitty car.
- digitalengineer 3y agoMeanwhile in Europe: "New European legislation on the bumper to improve road safety" https://www.krakertrailers.eu/en/news/126/new-european-legislation-on-the-bumper-to-improve-road-safety.html https://www.krakertrailers.eu/en/news/126/new-european-legis...
- hnbad 3y agoTo be fair, trucks in Europe also look different anyway because there is also legislation for visibility.
- Jasp3r 3y agoIn Europe it has been requirement since '94 and this requirement has been improved in '07 https://www.reifflawfirm.com/canadian-and-european-truck-underride-standards-have-outpaced-u-s-standards/ https://www.reifflawfirm.com/canadian-and-european-truck-und...