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arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-linkTruck bloat is killing us, new crash data revealswww.theverge.comBri Guy @sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoJust gonna keep posting this
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·10 months agotfw your Silverado has worse forward obstruction visibility than an M1 Abrams MBT
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·10 months agoBoth hilarious and infuriating.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 months agoI love how they throw in a peterbuilt and an M1 Abraham for reference lol
minus-squareSpaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·10 months agoThis is posted in metric so it doesn’t apply to the U.S.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoAnd it doesn’t even properly show how long and wide those vehicles are. Truck and SUV size has gotten absolutely ridiculous.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThey barely fit in parking spaces. Usually you see the ass of them sticking out.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoThey should make a version of the chart with model years included. I need a truck for work, but I’ll be looking for a 90’s or older next because the new ones are all too tall with no real utility benefit.
minus-squareIHadTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months ago2012 was the last year we were allowed to have a normal size truck.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI just want a bench, no rear seats, and a bed. Yet pretty much everything has that massive crew cab, bucket seats, and often a tiny bed. Trucks aren’t supposed to be comfortable, they’re supposed to be work horses.
minus-squareIHadTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIf I cant reach my arm into the bed to grab something without dropping the tailgate to climb in and get it, it’s too big
Just gonna keep posting this
tfw your Silverado has worse forward obstruction visibility than an M1 Abrams MBT
Both hilarious and infuriating.
I love how they throw in a peterbuilt and an M1 Abraham for reference lol
This is posted in metric so it doesn’t apply to the U.S.
And it doesn’t even properly show how long and wide those vehicles are.
Truck and SUV size has gotten absolutely ridiculous.
They barely fit in parking spaces. Usually you see the ass of them sticking out.
They should make a version of the chart with model years included. I need a truck for work, but I’ll be looking for a 90’s or older next because the new ones are all too tall with no real utility benefit.
2012 was the last year we were allowed to have a normal size truck.
I just want a bench, no rear seats, and a bed. Yet pretty much everything has that massive crew cab, bucket seats, and often a tiny bed.
Trucks aren’t supposed to be comfortable, they’re supposed to be work horses.
If I cant reach my arm into the bed to grab something without dropping the tailgate to climb in and get it, it’s too big