I am an adult.
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
@futurebird
I keep saying it:
Ban them. Outright ban.
Fronts of cars/trucks/buses/lorries... need to be regulated to be designed with pedestrian safety as 99% of the priorities. Including how big the direct lines of sight are, and to do away with the kill zones where drivers can't see. -
I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
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@futurebird
I keep saying it:
Ban them. Outright ban.
Fronts of cars/trucks/buses/lorries... need to be regulated to be designed with pedestrian safety as 99% of the priorities. Including how big the direct lines of sight are, and to do away with the kill zones where drivers can't see.@futurebird
Yes, this means the new USPS trucks are about what the fronts of anything big should look like. Including the very visible position of the driver.image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
It's kinda like owning a giant dog that you can't control... It makes _you_ feel safer.
I guess.
I dunno. I don't own a giant dog that I can't control or a giant truck that I can't control.
I'm not even sure it's ego that moves people to buy these things... I think it might actually be _fear_, as counter-intuitive as that might sound.
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It's kinda like owning a giant dog that you can't control... It makes _you_ feel safer.
I guess.
I dunno. I don't own a giant dog that I can't control or a giant truck that I can't control.
I'm not even sure it's ego that moves people to buy these things... I think it might actually be _fear_, as counter-intuitive as that might sound.
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
"SUPER DUTY"
more like super dooty
TBF I have noticed they have commercial plates, but they were still double parked on a NYC residential street. Just don't ever do that.
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"SUPER DUTY"
more like super dooty
TBF I have noticed they have commercial plates, but they were still double parked on a NYC residential street. Just don't ever do that.
@futurebird
sooper dookiesooper dog dookie
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@futurebird
sooper dookiesooper dog dookie
"SUPER DUTY"
Is so ... child-like. Doesn't any of this trigger any feelings of embarrassment?
I'm going to put: "UBER SHELPPER" on my shopping cart.
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@futurebird
sooper dookiesooper dog dookie
I legit do not know what "super duty" is supposed to mean at all? What are they trying to say?
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"SUPER DUTY"
more like super dooty
TBF I have noticed they have commercial plates, but they were still double parked on a NYC residential street. Just don't ever do that.
@futurebird i'm having trouble understanding how this is even in a parking spot. it looks like it's in a lane of traffic.
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@futurebird i'm having trouble understanding how this is even in a parking spot. it looks like it's in a lane of traffic.
It is a lane of traffic! They are double parked blocking the street which is only 1.5 lanes wide as it is (with the parked cars on both sides.)
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I legit do not know what "super duty" is supposed to mean at all? What are they trying to say?
@futurebird Basically "super duty" means it should be able to handle more than "light duty trucks", they apparently have heavier-duty chassis components that allow for heavier payloads and towing capabilities, above other Ford F-series trucks. Apart from that, it's a marketing play on the US truck classification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_classification).
@llewelly -
@futurebird Basically "super duty" means it should be able to handle more than "light duty trucks", they apparently have heavier-duty chassis components that allow for heavier payloads and towing capabilities, above other Ford F-series trucks. Apart from that, it's a marketing play on the US truck classification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_classification).
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
@futurebird In the south, of course, there are people actively trying to do worse. Because, you know.
This has perplexed me for years, not only on safety but style as well... I can only guess that somebody saw a truck in the shop with its engine out and thought "Hey, that looks pretty snazzy. I want my truck to look like it's partly disassembled, too."
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@futurebird
Yes, this means the new USPS trucks are about what the fronts of anything big should look like. Including the very visible position of the driver.image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV
This mail truck is cute, but I think it will be annoying to have to keep shooing people who will sit on it like a bench when you park it away.
I guess if you start it up they might go?
Do electric cars have a start up sound?
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@futurebird In the south, of course, there are people actively trying to do worse. Because, you know.
This has perplexed me for years, not only on safety but style as well... I can only guess that somebody saw a truck in the shop with its engine out and thought "Hey, that looks pretty snazzy. I want my truck to look like it's partly disassembled, too."
It looks like it is trying to fly...
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This is very cute but I think the snow we get when we do get snow (which isn't often, but still) well it would eat this little car.
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I am an adult. I’m short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90° angle with the ground. hideous! There’s no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not … plowing snow?
I don't often draw people but this car inspired me to make a sketch I hope I can render into something worth showing some day.
Basically, a group of kids and adults are running across the crosswalk with ice cream, and pinwheels from NYC street fair. They are looking at each other and having a wonderful time.
Meanwhile, in the dim narrow window of the car, the driver leans forward frowning, straining, looking down to try to see what's going on right in front of them.
Life is passing you by.
