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Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians

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Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians

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Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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    Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin’ ads that frame them as fancy cars.

    Czech ad for Amarok V6
    “The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”

    I suggest making it illegal to have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).

    Yellow truck Camo truck

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      Lmao at the color limits. I’m 100% sure that would get people not to buy them hahaha that’s genius

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        In the US, the camo option would only make them cooler to the kind of people you really don’t want behind the wheel of them.

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          Camo trucks already exist.

          That being said, this idea is largely a joke, and I don’t mind @[email protected] being sarcastic about it.

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          Ah crap you’re right… I didn’t account for the American factor.

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      One other measure that could easily be taken is to ban advertising for these.

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      There are smaller trucks with the exact same bed size though. Like how the hell do people think European trades people haul stuff?

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        Ummm… vans of all sizes are way more common than flatbed trucks here.

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          Or those small isuzu trucks. When the load is too awkward for a van.

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      forcing a “this vehicles kills pedestrian” warning on top, making it similar to sigarettes: all same boring packaging and a warning on top.

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        And beeping when reversing of course.

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          why beep when it can be a voice yelling WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! or ACHTUUUUNG!! if it’s a German made car

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            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bis_4MT5SSo&t=1076

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      Deer can’t see orange, so one colour fits all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        I’m ok with them being all orange instead of fucking blacked out.

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