• qarbone@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Really should be comparing the volume of pickup bed, not just the % of its total length

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      4 months ago

      The volume could definitely be higher now, since the box sides are so bloody high that you can’t actually put anything in the truck without a ladder.

      As a farmer and actual truck user everyone I know has a beat up farm truck from the 80s for actual truck use, modern truck is just a big car for comfortable city trips

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        4 months ago

        The problem with the big truck for city trips is that the city usually has small parking spots lol

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      4 months ago

      And I can’t legally drive my kids around in one of those, so yeah it’s like they are different trucks for different purposes or something…. I don’t know…. Maybe…?

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        4 months ago

        In my opinion, it should be illegal to drive any vehicle so tall you can’t see kids in front of you anywhere near a school zone. Unless it’s a fire truck or other service vehicle, for obvious reasons.

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          It’s funny, kids aren’t getting run down in school zones in other places, we don’t let them run indiscriminately across the road. They’re taught to walk to a a crosswalk to cross the road.

          In fact, lots of places ban school buses using flashing red lights inside urban areas since it’s more dangerous, it’s only allowed on rural roads.

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            …we don’t let them run indiscriminately across the road. They’re taught to walk to a a crosswalk to cross the road.

            Really? You’re actually going to defend this classist, corporate-astroturfing bullshit, the theft of the public street away from the People for the exclusive benefit of irresponsible drivers?

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              You’re arguing with a car brain lol, they lack the intelligence to understand.

              It’s kind of hilarious how North Koreans live in this fucking insane societal bubble where they simultaneously think they’re the best nation in the world while living in complete shit conditions that would appall the rest of the developed world.

              Kicking your kids out at 18, sending your elders to fucking abuse camps to die, can’t even afford to have a baby, let alone buy them a car or education. Don’t even think about housing or healthcare. Retirement? LOL. Cops can just fucking kill you at any time with no consequences.

              Oh sorry typo, I meant Americans in that second paragraph.

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                This dumbass is too stupid to see that I’m not American and I’m bashing the people lmfao. What an idiot.

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              4 months ago

              Yeah and oddly enough this isn’t a problem where jaywalking is legal like the EU, so what point do you think that’s making here….?

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        4 months ago

        The other way a giant truck can solve your “driving my kids around” problem is via the massive blind spot in front. If you’re impressed how much you can fit in the back, wait until you see how many tiny little skulls fit between the road and your line of sight.

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          I’ve literally never had an issue and I’ve never heard of that being an issue. Do you not look at the road when you’re driving or something?

          Can anyone provide anything that says this is a real concern…? Because people keep saying it, and no one wants to prove it. So strange… should be easy, no? So why can’t anyone do it?