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The first sentence says they’re not going to win a beauty contest but I think they’re kinda cute! Presumably the low hood helps a lot with visibility.
by jakelazaroff 2y ago
The first sentence says they’re not going to win a beauty contest but I think they’re kinda cute! Presumably the low hood helps a lot with visibility.
- hypeatei 2y agoPersonally, I think it looks really bad. Especially after seeing a different angle on the Wikipedia page[0]. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV
- rustyminnow 2y agoI'll bet it looks fantastic from the inside with those huge windows and tiny hoods.
- addicted 2y agoThose huge windows and tiny hoods also probably make them significantly safer for little kids and pets. USPS trucks are regularly driving through highly residential areas including fairly quiet ones where little kids may possibly be running around close to the street or even on them.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoSo this is basically just what cars should look like.
- stefan_ 2y agoWhy is it so extremely loud inside, though?
- allenu 2y agoThat picture makes it look even cuter to me, like it’s a Pixar character. It won’t win any beauty contests but I like that they put function over form here. Edit: corrected my phrasing about function over form. Thanks!
- hypeatei 2y ago> put form over function here Surely you meant "function over form" here? I'll assume you did, and yes I can agree that delivering mail doesn't require anything pretty. Apparently the cartoonish height came from USPS requiring that anyone as short as 5'2" can see over the hood and someone as tall as 6'8" can stand in the vehicle. Still doesn't look that great or practical (for narrow or rural routes) to me, but I guess we'll see.
- davidw 2y ago> anyone as short as 5'2" can see over the hood Sure beats those huge trucks that are slaughtering Americans in the thousands. https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2024-09-07 https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2024-09-07
- kergonath 2y agoIt would probably be worth adjusting our esthetic preferences if it means safer roads for everyone.
- jakelazaroff 2y agoI definitely see that! Lightning McQueen vibes.
- wavefunction 2y agoMichael Jackson "bad" or... These seem people friendly like government is supposed to be.
- idiotsecant 2y agoIt looks distinctive, in 15 years it will be how everyone imagines mail trucks are supposed to look. That is a universe I like, I think.
- tomatotomato37 2y agoReally the only flaw is trying to mirror a conventional car headlight design; if they went with something a bit quirky like an LED grid covering the entire front or something it would become something totally unique.
- ArtemZ 2y agoI agree it looks ridiculous. It is sad that such bad design will continue uglification of our streets.
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- llamaimperative 2y agoNot sure that "vehicle that doesn't kill children or injure its employees" qualifies as "bad design" because ArtemZ thinks it looks ridiculous
- userbinator 2y agoIt looks... bizarre, like someone gave a box truck the lowrider treatment. And is that a hint of Chevy I see at the top of the grill, although it's based on a Ford?
- mh- 2y agoHa! That is very strange. If you colored that area in, it would totally look like the Chevy bowtie logo.
- cowsandmilk 2y agoIt is the OshKosh logo…
- mystified5016 2y agoHuh, I think that design would fit right in in Japan, but it's pretty odd by American standards. I wouldn't say it's bad, but it's definitely a bizarre choice for a US government design.
- notatoad 2y agoi also think they're ugly, but they're ugly in a disarming, endearing sort of way. and maybe it's just becuase i know it's a mail truck which is a useful thing, but i think the ugliness makes me like it.
- viburnum 2y agoYeah, these are awesome. It’s SUVs that are ugly.
- agys 2y ago…and dangerous!
- adrianmonk 2y agoTo me, they look like they are from the movie "Up".