Oh wow. They did the math.

I know right, children are the worst

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From my perspective, even small SUVs are far too big. If I'm behind them at a light, I can't see when the light changes.

Have you tried stopping further back? Works with lorries too. Also means you have room to manoeuvre without reversing if the vehicle breaks down.

I didn't know, fuck you very much ! :-)

And you know the driver's not a bright spark.

If I recall my driver's ed, most current "rules of the road" (such as leave a two second gap) are based around WW2 tank driving regulations.

I'm not alone in thinking of this every time I see a gigantic vehicle.

Especially on the fediverse, we don't have corporate sponsors, who want us to be sterilized.

Sure but what if some parents are too lazy or bad with money to be able to buy their children nitroglycerin without receiving government handouts? I don't want my tax dollars helping strangers kids.

/s seems necessary here

yeah, I thought OP was struggling with some dark thoughts before I realized what sub it was.

For this purpose, it’s not a question of banning them, but adding pedestrian safety regulations. You can still build these monstrosities while also providing better visibility and less likelihood for victims to be run over.

It’s just banning the “wall” of the front. That’s only required as a style choice and style should not trump safety

I’ve actually been paying more attention lately since my brother bought a Chevy ~~Behemoth~~ Silverado EV. As a big and tall guy I’m used to being bigger than most people I encounter, but looking at the “wall” at the front of these vehicles, it is also well above my center of mass. I would also be thrown down and run over. It’s not just children but there really is no “big enough” to survive getting hit with those

(And yes I will keep giving my brother a hard time. After All these years of owning a house and large property where he could have argued he needed a truck, he gets one after he gave up that property. He bought this monstrosity to commute alone and do road trips alone. Nothing to tow. Nothing to haul.)

I'm feeling similarly. Require a minimum sight lines for shorter humans in front of the vehicle, and lower weight/size limitations on vehicles for a standard Class D license, and a short 1-2 year grandfather period for folks who already own a vehicle that they'll require additional licensing to continue driving so that they can either trade it or get their ducks in a row and continue driving their vehicle legally.

These gigantic trucks and SUVs are unacceptable on our roads and they keep adding extra wear to our roads due to the increased weight, require larger parking spaces and of course are far more deadly to those outside of the vehicle in any kind of collision. They need to be regulated back into the niches their classes were originally designed to fill.

And for those saying "oh but I need a bed for this that and the other" guess what? you can buy a trailer. Drive around an efficient vehicle then hook up an 8 foot trailer (bigger than basically any truck bed these days!) when you need to haul shit

There’s a sardonic chuckle from me every time I pass an SUV stopped at a red light in the bike lane…while carrying more groceries in my saddle bags than all of its combined cargo.

Four wheel drive, smells like a steak and seats thirty-five!

Well, I assume the idea is to see the children before they're that close....

It is, but that does not help you when you stop to talk with the neighbour and their child runs in front of your car while you don't see.

It should at least be mandatory to have a front & rear facing cameras and proximity sensors for cars like this.

EPA regulations on emissions, in relation to size, caused light trucks (and the SUVs based on them) to grow to the size you see. Ironically, the fuel efficient small pickup trucks and SUVs we grew up with in the 80s and 90s don't meet modern standards. I die a little inside every time I see one of the Nissan trucks, like the one I totaled. ;_;

Because it's legal for them to kill us but illegal for us to kill them back.

They don't think it's okay, but neither do they care. They want money even if it means killing kids.