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A ford explorer can stop on a dime. A fire truck cannot. A fire truck also has a blind spot equivalent to 3 ford explorers.
by rdouble 14y ago
A ford explorer can stop on a dime. A fire truck cannot. A fire truck also has a blind spot equivalent to 3 ford explorers.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoIf the blind spot were really a child safety factor, then the sight of a UPS or FedEx truck would terrorize parents across the world. I'll also bet that his fire truck can stop better than you think, especially if he has left the ~500 gallon water tank empty.
- newbie12 14y agoAs a kid I watched a UPS truck run down my dog on a quiet residential street.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoSorry about your dog. A school bus got my cousins' dog under the same circumstances. The two of them had to helplessly watch the whole thing from the bus.
- thezach 14y agobetter keep kids away from school buses, clearly dangerous /sarcasm
- HeyLaughingBoy 14y agoYou'd be surprised to know how many kids are run over by school buses every year.
- epmatsw 14y agoLooks like about 15 per year. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811165.pdf http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811165.pdf
- FireBeyond 14y agoAs someone whose job involves driving a maintained 1996 Pierce Arrow (same model as his, but 15 years newer - funny, the body looks near identical), I promise you, the fire engine (random detail, in the US fire service, this is an engine, a truck is a ladder truck) can NOT stop better than you think, even empty. On the other hand a new tender (or water pumper) CAN stop on a dime, as its brakes are based on it carrying three to four thousand gallons of water, so when it is empty...