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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Not surprised it happened with a truck. I hate driving trucks around busy places like Cotsco because little kids can totall disappear behind the tailgate. Pretty soon rear backup cameras will be standard on all new vehicles so hopefully that reduces the amount of deaths and injuries from this kind of stuff.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I think this speaks to our flawed approach of vehicle safety.
Consumers think big = safe, and crash tests are king. You end up with monstrous vehicles that are very high up and have high belt lines and terrible visibility.
We build things that are safe when they get into accidents, but worse at avoiding them in the first place.
It seems something smaller, nimble and with better visibility is the inherently safer design, but it's the opposite of what anyone sells.
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New trucks are brutal for blindspots in front and behind the vehicle. I'm a shorter guy, 5'8, and the top of the bed rails on trucks are about shoulder height on me. Kids easily disappear from view.