Used kid?

NHTSA recently published a proposed rule taking on pedestrian safety, specifically calling out this problem. Expect it to be killed early next year.

Just gonna keep on posting this

Used kid?

This truck is taller than a used kid (10 years old).

Well there's your problem: you've got a used kid. New kids are, on average, about 5'9" - plenty tall to compete with today's civilian tanks.

I recall about 10 years ago, a guy at a shop i used to work at bought a GMC6500. I'm 6'2" and could easily walk under the side mirrors.

I noticed the truck was parked in the same spor for about a month. I asked some of the guys I worked with why it hadn't moved. Apparently, the owner was getting into it when he fell out backward, injuring himself.

They don't make kids like they used to. Can you imagine that a brand new kid in 2024 is much shorter than this 10 year old used kid!

bruh… a used kid

But can we talk about how comically awful those tiny-ass wheels look that raised truck

Looney-toons-ahh-truck, smh

Here's another such killer truck just steps from the previous one in the same parking area.

I drive one of these. MPG isn't great, if I'm being honest.

The perfect height to deliver devastating head and chest injuries. It’s almost like they deliberately designed this thing to kill kids.

I’ve seen one that had a front camera specifically added so you can see what’s in front of you for parking the monster. It looks like the dumbest design that’s just screaming how impractical it is for both safety and driving.

Like, maybe if you need a front facing camera to use this thing, maybe this limited visibility is also inappropriate for driving, no?

A 2005 Ford Focus is my kid deadening tool of choice.

Anyday now American kids will start wearing a big pole with a high viz contraction at the top whenever they leave the house.

You can buy a tank cheaper in USA than you can buy a sedan in Turkey.

By tank I mean a tank. A real tank. Used by Israel and Syria in the seven day war.

Yeah.

A used kid?

And 30lb e-scooters that can fit under your desk are the problem! /s

In all seriousness, is it any wonder why pedestrians get murdered at crosswalks? The drivers of those tanks can't see anything below the dash!

2016 kia soul, it's named "sir-hops-a-lot" because the gas petal is sensitive and someone who hasn't driven it will 'hop' (also my love of frogs and that it's green).

(picture is a bit inaccurate due to the year)

It was like ~$11.5k and we got it from a pretty small car dealership which is family owned that doesn't squabble about prices. What's on the website is what you get.
I love my little frogmobile to death :3

Look at my load.