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Not only Cybertruck. Also other trucks like Ford F150 etc.
by vardump 11mo ago
Not only Cybertruck. Also other trucks like Ford F150 etc.
- dymk 11mo agoTrucks in general are awful for pedestrians and other motorists, but the Cybertruck is made specifically of sharp angles that will rip and tear more than a big flat vertical wall running into you.
- babylon5 11mo agoThe front is rounded which is the place you'll hit in the vast majority of cases.
- rishabhaiover 11mo agoclear case of bias infecting judgment.
- Aloisius 11mo agoPickup trucks aren't flat vertical walls like a semi though. They are a high wall with a hood. While "sharp" edge can certainly break bones, getting hit with a high hood causes people to slam their head into the hood with very little travel time compared to a low hood. Head injuries are far more likely to cause death. Of course, the risk varies based on height. Sharp edges a couple feet off the ground are far more dangerous to someone only a couple feet tall.
- dzhiurgis 11mo agoBuses are terrible too
- xethos 11mo agoNow account for how many vehicles we can get off the road if we have proper bus service, and the impact on pedestrians and cyclists. Or consider the licensing requirements (class 2 + an air brake endorsement here in BC), and how difficult it is to buy, and store, a 40' bus, compared to any modern truck. This is a daft comparison that only serves to muddy the waters, and attempts to excuse excessively large modern trucks
- Mawr 11mo agoA bus provides equivalent utility to maybe 20-40 cars and is driven by a professional driver, so I'm not too worried.
- standardUser 11mo agoUnlike Ford trucks, the cybertruck isn't even street legal in Europe due to its anti-human design. They are not the same.