JonAug 14, 2023
I'm 6'3"and my shoulder is still below the hood of this idiotic truck. These monster American trucks are dumb.
#waste #dangerous #selfish #climate
Show threadDavid W. JonesAug 15, 2023
@BikingViking
Compensation for their, uhh, inadequate genitalia? 😉
I'm an American and drive a Prius. So not all of us here are into monster trucks.
16 years ago, I was working downtown and watched from my office window while police chased a compact Toyoya car. It ran a red light, broadsided a Cadillac SUV... And knocked the SUV over.
Never underestimate the power of small! 😃
@NoctisEqui
Show threadJDAug 16, 2023
@dancingtreefrog @BikingViking @NoctisEqui A Prius driver ran a red light and hit clipped my wife's Honda Pilot's passenger side rear wheel. It spun HER around 360Ëš, totaled her vehicle, and she had PT for over a year. They might be small, but the battery weight carries a shit ton of inertia.
Show threadDavid W. Jones
@Runningpunk
Sorry to hear that! She ok?
I remember reading somewhere that bumping the rear quarter panel is a standard police pursuit tactic used to make a car spin out.
What really knocked the SUV over was its high center of gravity. I think it was a model known for rolling over on tight turns, too.
But, yeah, batteries add to the weight. Although the Prius traction battery fits under the backseat, so it's not that big.
Not like those in full-electrics like Teslas!
@BikingViking @NoctisEqui
Aug 17, 2023 at 5:02amFedilab
Show threadDavid W. JonesAug 17, 2023
@Runningpunk
Also, a lot of cars are, shall we say, comparatively frail? I worked in a small print shop. The shop car was an econobox. It was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light. The car that hit it was slowing to a stop at much less than 5 miles per hour.
The rear bumper tore loose, the car's frame was twisted, the car totaled.
But it still ran, so the shop owner bought it back from the insurer for a couple hundred dollars, and we kept using it for deliveries.
@BikingViking @NoctisEqui