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
Danger to pedestrians is why they’re illegal in the EU, no?
I’d say danger in general. This thing is built like a tank, so it does not bend when it hits something, meaning, that energy passed to the truck’s users’ necks is way higher, but also to other vehicles too.
We should run one into Elon and see how safe for pedestrians they are. Just to make sure!
All american style trucks and SUVs are pedestrian smashers.
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!
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.
I feel like both are equally vital.
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.
They’re gonna have to stop making Cybertrucks eventually too, so most of them will fall apart over time.
Already falling apart.
I wish, I see them pretty regularly.
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!!!
