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arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkFeds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’chicago.suntimes.com@psychothumbs to NewsEnglish • 8 hours agomessage-square43cross-posted to: fuckcars
minus-square@workerONElink17•2 hours agoWhy do little cars have to withstand a collision with a huge truck but trucks just get bigger and bigger? The new Hummer is over 9,000lbs (4,090 kg)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 hours agowtf in Europe that thing couldn’t be driven with a regular class B drivers license
minus-squareNoSpiritAnimallink4•1 hour agoAt 60 MPH the Hummer EV has the same kinetic energy as a 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback going 120mph.
minus-square@AA5Blink3•1 hour agoTrying to imagine my old Civic doing that …… holy shit that engine is winding up, glowing red hot, and I probably needed rocket boosters!
Why do little cars have to withstand a collision with a huge truck but trucks just get bigger and bigger? The new Hummer is over 9,000lbs (4,090 kg)
The cybertruck is like 7k lbs.
wtf in Europe that thing couldn’t be driven with a regular class B drivers license
At 60 MPH the Hummer EV has the same kinetic energy as a 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback going 120mph.
Holy shit
Trying to imagine my old Civic doing that …… holy shit that engine is winding up, glowing red hot, and I probably needed rocket boosters!