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Yes, it might break someone's arm if you drive into them! Better get a Ford F450 and turn them into a fine red mist instead.
by Y_Y 2y ago
Yes, it might break someone's arm if you drive into them! Better get a Ford F450 and turn them into a fine red mist instead.
- infecto 2y agoWhile new trucks are comically oversized, the Kei sized trucks being imported are indeed death machines if you were to get into an accident. I don't think the US should care unless they want to get rid of that import loop hole law.
- vfclists 2y ago> the Kei sized trucks being imported are indeed death machines if you were to get into an accident Would that because the other vehicles they would collide width are over-engineered, overweight and over-reinforced? As they less safe than bicycles and motorbikes in that respect?
- infecto 2y agoWhere were we talking about motorcycles or bicycles? "I don't think the US should care unless they want to get rid of that import loop hole law." I am simply stating fact. US federal law allows you to import vehicles that are 25+ years old without passing any safety or emission law. The Japanese market is already different enough in safety compared to the US market. These cars are indeed death traps if you were to get in an accident with an equivalently old US car.
- pbadams 2y agoThe weight and reinforcement of trees, poles, deer, etc. are difficult to change. Single-vehicle crashes cause more than half the crash deaths in the US[1]. I don't think the safety record of a motorcycle is a standard to aim for -- but even then a kei truck is at least twice the weight and likely has significantly less sophisticated brakes. [1] https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state...
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- TomK32 2y agoAbout 50% of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2022 were not buckled in[0]. All cars are death machines, but as long as their users are too stupid and ignorant to do ONE SIMPLE ACTION before every drive to save their OWN LIFE, I don't see why a vehicle that is perfect for Japan should be banned in the USA. [0] https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-belts https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-belts
- infecto 2y agoWhere were we talking about seat belt safety? US federal laws allows vehicles to skip safety/emission requirements if they are 25+ years old. Like I said, the US should not care unless we were to change that law. The car is still a death trap if you were to get into an accident with a US vehicle from the same time period.
- everdrive 2y agoI think this is fine, and it's no different from riding a motorcycle -- the primary risk is to the driver, who is free to assume their own risk. Someone else driving a Kei truck poses zero risk to me. If they understand the risk, then it's fine by me if they take the risk. They're also just much safer the slower they go. They make sense as fully-local or as city vehicles. 25-35 MPH are their sweet spot. Yes, they _can_ go on the highway, but probably shouldn't.
- infecto 2y agoWhich is kind of my point. I don't care unless the US wants to change the law but its in a weird spot where if a state legalizes it, what class does the vehicle fall in because it should not be allowed on roads that get to highway speeds as it might pose a risk to the flow of traffic. Just like how in CA there are signs to say bicycles are not allowed on certain highways/freeways.
- everdrive 2y agoWell you can get these Kei trucks up to ~65-70 MPH. The reason they shouldn't go on highways is that they're drastically less safe for the driver, and that their MPG tanks since they're screaming the engine at 5k RPM or more. ie, they don't necessarily delay traffic, they just sort of exist outside of the design constraints of the vehicle.