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redgubbinz posted:Don't forget the old always attached but never used hitch ball adding an extra six inches or so, because god forgot to when making the driver I call those the radiator ventilator, because so many morons leave them on and then back into your car in the parking lot, punching a nice hole in your grille and radiator and pretend you were parked too far forward when they were using their bumper to feel for cars.
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orange juche posted:I call those the radiator ventilator, because so many morons leave them on and then back into your car in the parking lot, punching a nice hole in your grille and radiator and pretend you were parked too far forward when they were using their bumper to feel for cars. There should seriously be a law about that. Imagine how many otherwise minor rear end collisions ended up totaling a car after impaling the bumper, condenser, radiator etc on 18 inches of bullshit that doesn’t need to be there. Also, the next time I’m walking through a parking lot and smash my shin against a hitch it might be the time that I yank the fucker off and huck it through the rear window.
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They're always rusted to poo poo, too, because they never even use the loving things.
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Midjack posted:My favorite variant of this is when the rear wheels are against the curb and the bed sticks out four feet into sidewalk. UK doesn't really have many trucks thank gently caress but you can see how the proliferation of SUVs has changed things. I can walk to a supermarket from my work place and the route takes me in via the car park and there's a nice little path. The above 'back end hanging over the sidewalk' thing goes on, just tyres against the kerb. There's no room for someone in a wheelchair to get past, a pram isn't getting past either. So they've extended the sidewalk instead of just telling drivers not to block it. We give far too much space to the existence of cars and as above I think we should just start slashing tyres.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:UK doesn't really have many trucks thank gently caress but you can see how the proliferation of SUVs has changed things. I can walk to a supermarket from my work place and the route takes me in via the car park and there's a nice little path. The above 'back end hanging over the sidewalk' thing goes on, just tyres against the kerb. There's no room for someone in a wheelchair to get past, a pram isn't getting past either. So they've extended the sidewalk instead of just telling drivers not to block it. We give far too much space to the existence of cars and as above I think we should just start slashing tyres. Overhanging the curb, preventing people from getting by? That sounds like a job for the Hilti 16 inch gas powered cut off saw to me. Clearance that bastard a little bit. https://www.hilti.com/c/CLS_POWER_TOOLS_7124/CLS_GAS_SAW_SUB_7124/CLS_GAS_SAW_7124/r14455102
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There's a long history of federal mandates changing car design, making them smaller, imposing fuel efficiency standards, mandating automatic seat belts, seal-beam headlights, 85-mph speedometers, etc. But I think if the fed gov. tried anything like that today to curb truck gigantism it would be civil war time
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Data Graham posted:There's a long history of federal mandates changing car design, making them smaller, imposing fuel efficiency standards, mandating automatic seat belts, seal-beam headlights, 85-mph speedometers, etc. But I think if the fed gov. tried anything like that today to curb truck gigantism it would be civil war time They dont need to introduce new laws just remove the stupid amounts of subsidy and loopholes trucks get
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It will happen once a congressman's or law maker's kid gets plowed over and killed by a truck, then magically there will be more laws on hood heights for pedestrian safety
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It will happen once a congressman's or law maker's kid gets plowed over and killed by a truck, then magically there will be more laws on hood heights for pedestrian safety Bold of you to assume the average congressman loves their kid.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It will happen once a congressman's or law maker's kid gets plowed over and killed by a truck, then magically there will be more laws on hood heights for pedestrian safety No there won't. They'll mandate some stupid poo poo like forward bumper cameras instead
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It'll just be Jaywalking 2.0 - Pedestrians are oppressing us with their fleshy needs over our supertrucks.
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Data Graham posted:There's a long history of federal mandates changing car design, making them smaller, imposing fuel efficiency standards, mandating automatic seat belts, seal-beam headlights, 85-mph speedometers, etc. But I think if the fed gov. tried anything like that today to curb truck gigantism it would be civil war time Obviously it wouldn't literally cause civil war, but it wouldn't surprise me if it became a red state/blue state thing, possibly with aftermarket kits to deliberately make the forward blind spot worse.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Obviously it wouldn't literally cause civil war, but it wouldn't surprise me if it became a red state/blue state thing, possibly with aftermarket kits to deliberately make the forward blind spot worse.
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DarkSol posted:Slash their tires. And be confronted by an angry and quiet possibly armed owner? I'll pass.
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Chuds got angry at the suggestion the government would somehow prevent them from buying light bulbs and stoves. They’d 100% burn the capital down if they weren’t allowed their brodozers
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Sagebrush posted:No there won't. They'll mandate some stupid poo poo like forward bumper cameras instead They got rid of pop up headlights for pedestrians, but I guess giant grills for smashing human organs into oblivion is A-OK
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Applebees Appetizer posted:They got rid of pop up headlights for pedestrians, but I guess giant grills for smashing human organs into oblivion is A-OK Pop up headlights weren’t ever banned in the US
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Humans have lots of extra organs losing one or two here or there isn’t a real big deal. Two kidneys. Three liver lobes. Four heart chambers.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:They got rid of pop up headlights for pedestrians, but I guess giant grills for smashing human organs into oblivion is A-OK Pop ups just fell out of fashion but now wouldn't be brought back due to leading edges and hang up points for peds.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Pop ups just fell out of fashion but now wouldn't be brought back due to leading edges and hang up points for peds. No, European pedestrian standards made them unworkable. This is why the Diablo suddenly ended up with the headlights from a 300ZX.
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Q_res posted:No, European pedestrian standards made them unworkable. This is why the Diablo suddenly ended up with the headlights from a 300ZX. As mentioned above, they're not illegal to put on a car but those newer standards make them a lot harder to justify. The last car I know fitted with pop ups was the 2019 DeTomaso Pantera rework by some Italian company. It probably helped they only made 21 cars which means the liklihood of a person getting hit with one is incredibly unlikely but y'know, it has happened.
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Isn't most of it simply because the popups were a way to comply with the sealed beam mandate without looking like rear end ? With that gone so do the popups.
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Kafouille posted:Isn't most of it simply because the popups were a way to comply with the sealed beam mandate without looking like rear end ? With that gone so do the popups. And then a few years later DRL were mandatory.
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Kafouille posted:Isn't most of it simply because the popups were a way to comply with the sealed beam mandate without looking like rear end ? With that gone so do the popups. It was mostly because the wedge shape was a style that required the front edge be as small as possible. Pop ups suited the purpose. Sealed beam mandate ended in the 70s. Pop ups were around a long time after that. Incandescent lights still required a large round reflector. With the advent of LEDs, huge amounts of light can project from a narrow slit or any geometry desired. There's less of a need for pop ups even with a wedge design today. Deteriorata fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:As mentioned above, they're not illegal to put on a car but those newer standards make them a lot harder to justify. The last car I know fitted with pop ups was the 2019 DeTomaso Pantera rework by some Italian company. It probably helped they only made 21 cars which means the liklihood of a person getting hit with one is incredibly unlikely but y'know, it has happened. there aren't any US pedestrian standards
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Colostomy Bag posted:I like the fact they are outside the lines as well. That was my takeaway. The bollard is in the "non-spot", where your stupid truck shouldn't be. Hence the bollard! wargames posted:https://twitter.com/PoliticsAndEd/status/1520822746170634240 park that garbage somewhere else. redgubbinz posted:Don't forget the old always attached but never used hitch ball adding an extra six inches or so, because god forgot to when making the driver loving shin-breakers... Knee breakers on some extra bro trucks. Data Graham posted:There's a long history of federal mandates changing car design, making them smaller, imposing fuel efficiency standards, mandating automatic seat belts, seal-beam headlights, 85-mph speedometers, etc. But I think if the fed gov. tried anything like that today to curb truck gigantism it would be civil war time I mean, they're willing to kill over who someone else prefers to gently caress, so, yeah.
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wargames posted:https://twitter.com/PoliticsAndEd/status/1520822746170634240 It's not even fully backed in!!!
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Darchangel posted:I mean, they're willing to kill over who someone else prefers to gently caress, so, yeah. They'll certainly tell you they are, but aren't gonna give up their unimaginably comfortable lives in the suburbs that comes with a four figure monthly truck/wheel and tire payment.
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redgubbinz posted:They'll certainly tell you they are, but aren't gonna give up their unimaginably comfortable lives in the suburbs that comes with a four figure monthly truck/wheel and tire payment. Oh no, morons in brodozers will absolutely mow through a crowd of LGBTQ protesters because they felt "threatened" by the protesters, when they could have just you know, left. Vehicles move a lot faster than people, they could reverse and easily outrun anyone chasing them, and prostesters usually are not interested in chasing cars over you know, protesting.
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redgubbinz posted:They'll certainly tell you they are, but aren't gonna give up their unimaginably comfortable lives in the suburbs that comes with a four figure monthly truck/wheel and tire payment. GOP has quite literally passed laws allowing them to run over protestors in the roads. https://www.vox.com/2021/4/25/22367019/gop-laws-oklahoma-iowa-florida-floyd-blm-protests-police
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CommieGIR posted:GOP has quite literally passed laws allowing them to run over protestors in the roads. I don't understand how these laws haven't been declared unconstitutional. loving boggles my mind.
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DarkSol posted:I don't understand how these laws haven't been declared unconstitutional. loving boggles my mind. You don't have a constitutional right to not be mowed down by a dude in a lifted micropenis compensator
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DarkSol posted:I don't understand how these laws haven't been declared unconstitutional. loving boggles my mind. Boy are you gonna love to hear who put 3 justices on the Court between 2017 and 2021
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bird with big dick posted:Humans have lots of extra organs losing one or two here or there isn’t a real big deal. Two kidneys. Three liver lobes. Four heart chambers. Hey, you! Have you ever thought of vacationing in Argentina? I know some really pretty gals and guys that are just dying to meetcha!
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lets go to candy mountain, charlie, cmon, its candy mountain charlie!
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Deteriorata posted:It was mostly because the wedge shape was a style that required the front edge be as small as possible. Pop ups suited the purpose. It ended in 83, given car design timelines it lines up decently. But you're right that the wedge styles were a big factor, since you needed a way to hit the minimum headlight height requirements in some way. And the crash regs did make those low hoodlines unfeasible, so there's not much reason for popups even if you could make them pass crash tests by themselves.
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DarkSol posted:I don't understand how these laws haven't been declared unconstitutional. loving boggles my mind. I don't pretend to understand the legal system, but something about having "standing" to bring a case, maybe... so you can't sue the state until you get run over by a chud. EZ
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MetaJew posted:I don't pretend to understand the legal system, but something about having "standing" to bring a case, maybe... so you can't sue the state until you get run over by a chud. You don't have standing if you get run over by a brotruck, you'd be lying
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