June 2022 --> February 2023. The kid has grown two inches. The trucks have grown even faster.

This is not fine.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #VehicleSize #Trucks #RegulateVehiclesNow

@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone I really don't like to have to be That Person, but in the second picture it's pretty obvious to me that those trucks are lifted slightly by being on on custom wheels & rubber. It's not clear whether the truck in the first picture has been customized in the same way, because it's purely face-on to the grille.

The comparison, and the argument made from it, is kind of invalidated by those ambiguities. :x

@dragonarchitect Then don't be that person? It's a deadly vehicle regardless.
@slightlyflightyone

@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone I wholeheartedly agree with that claim. No debates there.

But I've seen a few too many similar-ish arguments to this one made where the image(s) used as proof had been altered or set up in such a way as to over-accentuate the comparison by exploiting most people's lack of knowledge about the actual sizes of the behemoths rolling on American roads today. That disingenuity is what bugs me.

@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone Crossovers, SUVs, and trucks on American roads are getting WAY too huge because federal fuel economy regulations (CAFE) are perversely incentivizing it.

This is a definite fact, and it's one that pisses me off, because I quite like my little car and I can't see for shit around all the giant things all over the road now.

I can't even see over some cars' trunks when backing out of parking spots now.