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Some are very effective: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack 86 deaths, 434 injured

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• Retric 2y ago
  That’s leaving the territory of what most people have ready access to. The poser referred to a “6,500lb truck” vs “19-tonne Renault Midlum cargo truck” used in that attack.
  • red-iron-pine 2y ago
    it is fairly trivial to get access to a medium or large panel truck, either by theft, or by simply getting a CDL. the 9/11 attackers went though flight school to be able to hijack planes. meanwhile getting a CDL is like $6k for out of state, $2k for in state, and ~$400 if you can demonstrate need / poverty. the classes are readily available at any community college, and can be done by anyone who can drive, basically.
    • Retric 2y ago
      The difference between things that can happen through inattention vs a drunk person might do while really pissed vs things that require significant preparation has major implications for how often they occur. Vehicles are used to kill a great number of people per year, but it’s really unusual to find someone who actually killed 50+ people through a vehicle alone. Meanwhile there’s significantly more people who used bombs to reach those numbers, despite how much more difficult it is to access significant quantities of explosives.