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re: The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and SUV's
Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:29 pm to SallysHuman
Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:29 pm to SallysHuman
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I have a big ride because I want to live and every other vehicle out there is huge. Couldn’t pay me to drive some little car.
It's about collision mismatch
And as much as I prefer a car I'll always have a truck or SUV moving forward
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:30 pm to N2cars
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Sorry you have hurt feelings...
Wat?
You are the one who is arse mad that your takes are completely incorrect ITT.
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Maybe you'll get a good tip on your shift this afternoon
Wrong again but that is to be expected from you. Lucky for you breathing is involuntary.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:31 pm to Powerman
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And as much as I prefer a car I'll always have a truck or SUV moving forward
There was a pink dump truck for sale up the road from me... I begged my husband to buy it for me.
He wouldn't.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 1:40 pm to djmed
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a New York Times investigation found.
Imagine it being 2026 and still not realizing NYT is nothing more than a Marxist propaganda outlet for the Democrat Party. I put as much, or more, stock into the checkout lane tabloids as I do anything printed by NYT.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 7:10 pm to Darth_Vader
Homosexuals embrace the NYT bc it lacks masculinity, just like them.
"No trucks, no guns, no females!
"No trucks, no guns, no females!
Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:43 pm to N2cars
A-pillars have gotten larger with the roll-over regulations.
Plus the backwards rake (for aero and looks and mpg) makes the A-pillar take up more visual space.
My 2013 F-150 sightlines, esp over the hood, are worse than those that were on our 2002 F150. The 2013 feels and drives bigger.
as cars got smaller and less capable of hauling people, cargo and trailers, folks migrated to SUVs and pickups. So the government is partly responsible but the automakers love upsizing as much as fast-food joints...
Plus the backwards rake (for aero and looks and mpg) makes the A-pillar take up more visual space.
My 2013 F-150 sightlines, esp over the hood, are worse than those that were on our 2002 F150. The 2013 feels and drives bigger.
as cars got smaller and less capable of hauling people, cargo and trailers, folks migrated to SUVs and pickups. So the government is partly responsible but the automakers love upsizing as much as fast-food joints...
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:07 pm to jclem11
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jclem11
Just stop crying lance
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:23 pm to TheOcean
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probably the biggest offenders of highway tailgating are from jacked up trucks
Nothing a little brake check can’t fix! Only if they’re being really obnoxious about it though.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:30 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
I think you should not be able to own a large four wheel drive truck or any truck for that matter if you never put it in four wheel drive, never tow anything, never put more than groceries and 3 bags of topsoil from Home Depot in the bed, have never let it get dirty and don’t know how to park.
And if you have the New Iberia squat you need the shite kicked out of you by Brother Spell.
I have had 3/4 ton diesels for 35 years and all of them work their asses off. They are well maintained and cleaned pretty regular but they have scratches and dents which are like callouses on a working man’s hand.
If you actually work the truck god bless you. Otherwise I hope you get stuck in the LSU grass parking lot and have to get a coed in her Jeep to pull you out.
And if you have the New Iberia squat you need the shite kicked out of you by Brother Spell.
I have had 3/4 ton diesels for 35 years and all of them work their asses off. They are well maintained and cleaned pretty regular but they have scratches and dents which are like callouses on a working man’s hand.
If you actually work the truck god bless you. Otherwise I hope you get stuck in the LSU grass parking lot and have to get a coed in her Jeep to pull you out.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:46 pm to SallysHuman
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There was a pink dump truck for sale up the road from me
Do you live near the Demo Diva?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 4:52 am to billjamin
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Do you live near the Demo Diva?
I don’t know who that is, but that moniker is badass!
Posted on 6/24/26 at 5:07 am to djmed
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New York Times
Posted on 6/24/26 at 8:40 am to jclem11
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your average fellow citizen is a fricking retard
Thanks to the Federal Dept. of Education, est. 1980.
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Most people have no business in these giant trucks
Why do you get to decide what other people have any business driving?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:30 am to TigersnJeeps
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A-pillars have gotten larger with the roll-over regulations.
And to hold air bags. I drive a fullsize sedan and almost gotten in several wrecks not seeing a car in that fraction of second blind spot because of the large A pillar. Im aware of it now and always lean forward and back a bit to check it but its taken a while to form the habit.
I think it pretty obvious that larger vehicles are contributing to higher pedestrian deaths but folks lack of attention, driver and pedestrians, seems to have gotten a lot worse lately. I saw a guy jogging that just ran straight through a no crosswalk intersection with out looking or slowing down and get plowed a few months ago. Luckily the car was small and not moving fast so he lived. Car had the right of way.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:39 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:19 pm to TigersnJeeps
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as cars got smaller and less capable of hauling people, cargo and trailers, folks migrated to SUVs and pickups. So the government is partly responsible but the automakers love upsizing as much as fast-food joints...
This is true. I looked into full size sedans available today, and they are limited to luxury models. Other than older used models, Toyota Crown is the only standard type option that I’ve seen available new. Yeah, I’m one of the poor according to the OT.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:37 pm to ThuperThumpin
I clicked on the article, and then clicked on the link of where they sourced the pedestrian death data.
Sure enough, the NYT used data
frin the IIHS, a reputable source....
BUT
They cherrypicked the data to throw trrucks under the bus.
Iif you look at the whole chart, pedestrian deaths were higher in 1975 and for a lot of the 80s than in 2024. This, with a lot more drivers on the road now than then.
In fact, you could make an easier, and more believable, case for the rise in cellphone use ( both drivers and pedestrians) contributing to this phenomenon.
But no, trucks are da debil!!!
.
Sure enough, the NYT used data
frin the IIHS, a reputable source....
BUT
They cherrypicked the data to throw trrucks under the bus.
Iif you look at the whole chart, pedestrian deaths were higher in 1975 and for a lot of the 80s than in 2024. This, with a lot more drivers on the road now than then.
In fact, you could make an easier, and more believable, case for the rise in cellphone use ( both drivers and pedestrians) contributing to this phenomenon.
But no, trucks are da debil!!!
.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:48 pm to jclem11
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