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[–] M0oP0o@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue is not so much size but height. These things are all over where I am as fleet vehicles and even the good ol' type will comment that they can not see anything in front. Just look at the door or normal car in the background of that picture and you get an idea. These hoods are no joke 1.7 meters high for no other reason then to look mean.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

This is a lot of space to tell me what I already know, that driving my Abrams tank is very safe for me and pretty safe for others

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Got me thinking, why don't they put forward facing cameras? Like how we have backup cams.

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean no offense by this. It's not that it is a bad idea, but an amusingly typical American ways of problem solving.

These already exist. A lot of the luxury trucks and SUVs will have a camera or two mounted on all four sides of the vehicle.

[–] natanael@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They don't want to think about safety