cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca/t/2111396
Yes, the pickup truck that is shaped like a low-effort Pinewood Derby car will definitely be safer for pedestrians, that totally scans. /s
I’m not a fan of Cybertrucks, and I fucking hate Elon Musk. That said, I’m also generally not a fan of threads like this one because I feel like piling on the truck hate risks tacitly absolving non-trucks and thus misses the point of the community.
Remember, any car is going to be bad news for a deer (or pedestrian) if it hits it at 75 mph, whether it’s a pickup truck or not. The only difference between the worst truck and the vehicle with the best pedestrian safety performance is that the latter becomes deadly to pedestrians at a somewhat higher speed.
The real solution to pedestrian safety isn’t chipping at the margins of the problem with “safer” vehicle front ends, it’s designing streets appropriately to slow vehicles down or keep them away from pedestrians to begin with.
By the way, I can confirm: the Cybertruck does indeed bear a striking resemblance to my kid’s first attempt at a Pinewood Derby car, LOL!
Danger to pedestrians is why they’re illegal in the EU, no?
“Of course, it’s one thing for a deer to suddenly become two deers. That’s just more venison for everybody.”
That’s not how it works.
This isn’t a big concern since there are so few cybertrucks to bisect people. It’s the meat mallet F150s that we should be worried about.
There at least two owned near me. I know because at least one is warped in a carbon black color.
I never hated the look of them. I always like it when people try bold different looks for any product. But I saw one in a parking lot, and was able to put hands on it in person. That’s when it’s size and sharp angles immediately made me think “This seems almost intended to be a pedestrian murder machine.” Even bumping into it as you walk around a stationary one, just seems unnecessarily dangerous.
I wish, I see them pretty regularly.
They’re gonna have to stop making Cybertrucks eventually too, so most of them will fall apart over time.
Already falling apart.
But they will also be falling apart too.
South Florida here - damned things are everywhere. Fortunately it’s too hot to walk anywhere most of the time.
Worst looking angle of that car I’ve seen so far.
It’s a pretty impressive design really. Everytime I see it, it seems to get uglier. It’s really one of the biggest mysteries of our time.
it’s like the yellow/blue/white/black dress but it’s not an optical illusion
Reintroduce wolves to Elon’s compound in Texas. Problem solved.
Instructions unclear. Released a horde of wolf spiders into his compound instead.
It… Uh… It looks like it might be worse. For him.
That’s terrifying. Any images?
Edit: watched the video and the guy just kept talking about the car.
“apparently it was a total mess, the driver won’t share the dashcam footage for that very reason” nonsense.
Great build quality though, can’t even open the driver’s door anymore!!!
The DVLA aren’t going to believe you Muskrat, it’ll never get approved in the UK without a complete redesign.
They … need to be in driving condition to do any slicing tho, so it might be kinda safe (very soon).
How many deer?
At that speed any car would be deadly…
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