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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US pedestrians, study shows

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Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US pedestrians, study shows

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45% more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles with sloped hoods, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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    Van

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      Fifth wheel. If you don’t know what that is, you should probably avoid having a strong opinion on this.

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        Niche of a niche. Never seen one in my entire life, lived in 4 countries.

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          What do you expect to use for hauling livestock? These can have a tow weight of 10,000 lbs, which is much more than you can do with a regular hitch. The fact that you’ve never personally seen this does not mean anything.

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            I’ve seen a million of these.

            https://indespension.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/77eef5ac2f1d972e1ca198c5741eab71/l/v/lv35126dgx_1_1.jpg

            I’ve seen a hundred F150 hauling jack shit.

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            I’ve seen a million of these.

            https://indespension.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/77eef5ac2f1d972e1ca198c5741eab71/l/v/lv35126dgx_1_1.jpg

            I’ve seen a hundred F150 hauling jack shit.

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              That can haul a livestock. How about 12? Or would you like them to make more trips (with proportional use of gas and risk of accident)?

              As for F150s hauling nothing, that’s kinda my point. There’s a market above it that actually does work (F250 and up), and there’s a market that ought to exist underneath it (what used to be the Ranger, which is now much larger). You’re targeting the wrong group by focusing on trucks that haul 10,000 lbs.

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                Wait, how often do you need to haul stock with your F250? If every day, then it’s more optimal to by having a dedicated livestock truck, Like Volvo FL.

                If you’re only moving livestock occasionally, but driving F250 daily, you’re compensating for your tiny weiner and shitting in the air that everyone breathes

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                  Farmers haul big, heavy things around all the time. If this is news to you, then again, maybe you should step back and stop having strong opinions on things you don’t know anything about.

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                    Van. The stupid huge compensator truck nonsense is a US-only thing. Rest of the world is getting by fine with efficient vehicles.

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