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These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us | Not Just Bikes [35:26] (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de to c/videos@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/319198

I got a lot of push-back on a comment I made here about how bigger trucks/suvs are the primary cause the increasing pedestrian death-rate in America so apparently more people need to see this video.

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[–] ratboy@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had this convo a while ago, and afterwards I thought: why do people need these big ass trucks, when for decades we've had powerful enough trucks that did the same things newer giant Rams do? Like people gave been hauling work equipment, farm supplies and campers long before they got as big as they are now.

[–] Vithar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They do it better, and if you were doing it before, and have the means and opportunity to upgrade on quality of vehicle capacity, you take it.

[–] ratboy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But do they need to be so huge? Like I'd figure that after so many years and advancement in technology they could make a way more powerful engine that's the same size as older big trucks. And now a lot of them just have gigantic cabs with even shorter truck beds which confuses me

[–] Vithar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

For actual towing capacity it's a physics problem. Do they have to be so big, for the performance they provide, yes. Can we make do with lower performance and therefore smaller trucks, sure, but good luck convincing people that's what they should buy.