• SirMaple__@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    They really should be! They’re like cockroaches here in Alberta…they’re everywhere.

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      9 days ago

      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.

  • expatriado@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I think I’ve seen the source video on Donut Media, there was funny moment with a rando on wheelchair

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    10 days ago

    They don’t even sell the Chevy Colorado where I live. Too small for the demographic here, who needs the biggest truck on the market with aftermarket lift kits.

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    10 days ago

    THE NEW MAIBATSU MONSTROSITY

    Why drive a small car? Are you a small person? The new SUV Maibatsu Monstrosity guzzles gas and is equipped for crossing Arctic tundra! Driving one will make you feel good!

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    The solution will never be ending the obvious problem, but rather replacing windshields with giant LCDs using front mounted cameras or something.

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      9 days ago

      I was genuinely going to ask, if this thing has a front camera for driving into a parking bay. Even if you learn forward and stretch your neck, you’ll hardly see the parking bay coming up…

  • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Since I live in a place where driving is necessary (Texas), I drive a smaller electric car.

    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.

    I was recently surprised to learn that in other countries, they have popular versions of pickup trucks that are smaller than almost anything you can find here in the states.

    Anybody who buys a vehicle that size would have to be a sociopath. They do not consider how other people are affected by their selfish actions.

    • FishFace@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      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.

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        9 days ago

        The general rule is that you should be able to see the rear tyres of the car in front. If you can’t, you’re too close.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Still think about some dashcam footage of an explosion on a highway. Some vehicles were able to make immediate U-turns.

        I may not be prepared for <normal highly likely thing> but I am always ready to make an immediate U-turn if a meteor strikes traffic way down the road 🤷‍♂️ 😬

      • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        The only reason I need to see the light change is if the light is at an intersection with a lot of traffic so I can toot my horn at inattentive drivers more quickly.

        So, it’s not particularly important, and often, those intersections need you to stay closer to the car in front of you, because especially in Texas, I think, probably 70-ish percent of drivers don’t know how to use lanes correctly. They line up in one lane leaving a second lane almost empty. So you have to pull forward to give more people behind you the chance to change into a good lane.

        TLDR I want to see the light to help traffic move, but pulling forward can also help traffic move.

  • hash@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    First time I sat in the passenger seat of one I was still shocked. it’s even more frustrating that if you actually need to tow something heavy you have no option to avoid this outside an older truck. Some manufacturer should clue in and advertise a 3/4 ton as that won’t make you kill the neighbor’s kid. And I want sightlines, not cameras.