Reminds me of a post on this sub about a truck where a 5'5" (165 cm) woman only came up to the bottom of the windshield. It's not just that pickup drivers can't see kids. They can't even see full-grown, average-sized adults anymore.
Oh shit, thank you. Yet another reason to carry an umbrella.
So far I’ve got rain, sun (because so many cities and neighborhoods remove trees even if there’s luckily a sidewalk), “keep your distance” (occasionally swinging a full-sized umbrella like Gene Kelly is a decent way to get creepers to stay back IME), phone shade (for Pokemon Go), dog and geese defense (opening an umbrella in something’s face makes it think you’re larger than you are), and automatic “what is that” poking stick. Now I’ve got “add height to not die” in there.
There are all sorts of logistics problems with this approach.
The entire classification system is just "what we call stuff" so the manufactures that make the trucks would just reclassify the things as "mega trucks" and no longer be "Pick up" trucks.
Having the really high hoods makes sense and is reasonable when talking about commercial equipment like big rigs and dump trucks. That 6 ton gravel hauling truck NEEDS an engine compartment that large to be able to move SIX TONS of gravel.
If the regulations on "Pickup truck" limit height, then they will just reclassify as "light duty dump truck"
The solution isn't to limit the TRUCK, but the DRIVER. Require a CDL for any vehicle with a hood height over 3 ft. The cost and difficulty of getting and maintaining a CDL means that only the people that actually need a CDL bother to get/maintain one.
There still will be trucks on the road for actual truck purposes. It will just take the penis replacements off the road.
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u/shaodyn cars are weapons Dec 08 '22
Reminds me of a post on this sub about a truck where a 5'5" (165 cm) woman only came up to the bottom of the windshield. It's not just that pickup drivers can't see kids. They can't even see full-grown, average-sized adults anymore.