TomGregory
Bread and CircusesI found this truck parked on the street in my neighborhood. Notice that the life-threatening bumper is actually labeled ROAD ARMOR.
We sometimes talk about a #WarOnCars. But what's really happening is a war BY cars on pedestrians and cyclists.
Jasper 🍉@breadandcircuses you'd say they'd be more careful parking their cars in secure areas if there was a war on the cars..
Nina By Nature@breadandcircuses
Facts. Most of these are so big that I can't even see over the hood. How on earth are they planning on seeing me, or children for that matter?? (Aside from any environmental issues they pose)
Facts. Most of these are so big that I can't even see over the hood. How on earth are they planning on seeing me, or children for that matter?? (Aside from any environmental issues they pose)
CANELA BLANCA@breadandcircuses Even a more subtle “militarization” of personal vehicles has been some of the new paint colors. I see so many olive drabs, battleship greys, desert sand, and other flat colors applied to military vehicles that I feel like a kids shopping for Testors paints.
Court Cantrell does not comply@christopherbrown @breadandcircuses Okay, I had been calling them various shades of "bougie gray," but I think you're onto something more accurate and far more worrisome with the military slant.
@courtcan Aside from desert palette, I purchased these colors as a teen to paint my model military aircraft. Sometimes, lighter, Sky Blue for the bottom of wings, fuselage. A darker Sea Blue perhaps for sides or naval camo. Battleship Gray for all the not so shiny metallic bits. Beret Green, Olive Drab, Brown, and Flat Black for the land camo.
Slap a Punisher sticker, Thin Blue Line, Come And Take It decal on your windscreen to tell everyone you’re that kind of American.
@christopherbrown It all makes sense now, and I say this with no sarcasm. It especially explains the matte beige, brand-new pickups I've been seeing more of here in OKC of late. Driven by people in suits. Not manual laborers.
@courtcan TBH, I do not believe most people give it a thought. Some of the colors are sharp, but also wow because they’re “new.”
For me, it’s a blast from the past: going to Michael’s on the weekends to grab more paint for a hobby.
ProbablyRoadkill2B@breadandcircuses
This is really true, sadly.
Peter G@breadandcircuses if I had a penny for every truck like this or even bigger that I see on my twice weekly commute to the office in my hybrid electric compact car, I'd no longer need to do this commute. Most of them are transporting a single human dressed for office work and not a construction crew heading to their building site. Atrocious!!
Average@breadandcircuses big shiny metal death machine
Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️♂️@breadandcircuses there really is no reason why you would needsuch a monstrosity. Except to compensate, ofcourse
digital_bohemianNote to the side:
Showing this car fetishist's vehicle with that Hamiltonesque soft blur filter is a nice ironic touch 😉.
BSchilling@breadandcircuses
I wouldn‘t like to cross its way.
I would probably not say sympathetic things to the person who is driving such an ego-booster.
I wouldn‘t like to cross its way.
I would probably not say sympathetic things to the person who is driving such an ego-booster.
NewkRoad penis
llc1138@breadandcircuses - It’s The Cars That Ate Paris all over again!
rhempel@breadandcircuses in most European countries, aftermarket accessories like lift kits and replacement body panels are simply illegal - your car won't pass inspection.
I doubt that truck is actually road legal with the tires protruding from the body like that.
It's simply not enforced, so ...
Peter Brett@breadandcircuses There's a #WarOnCars and cars are definitely winning
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺I hear that Germany taxes vehicles based on displacement and gross weight.
I think the USA should do likewise.
Daniël Franke 🏳️🌈It should be allowed to burn these machines on sight.
Roy Brander🍁Can we get a bunch of bumper-stickers made that say
"This Bumper Slays Pedestrians"
and,um...give them away?
Chris Halstead@breadandcircuses I’d be fully on board with requiring specific training and a CDL (commercial drivers license) in order to drive any vehicle over a certain GVW (say, 6000lbs). Too many of the insecure men driving these beasts think they’re driving a sports car, and it’s incredibly dangerous to everyone else on the road. I can’t stand them.
Kari Perttula@c20d @breadandcircuses
In Finland, any car that is hevier than 3000 Kilos, is registeredvas lorry/truck. And so drover needs driverslisence for lorry/truck.
In Finland, any car that is hevier than 3000 Kilos, is registeredvas lorry/truck. And so drover needs driverslisence for lorry/truck.
Eppy NWS@breadandcircuses I have a few (non lifted but big contractor trucks from a few families that are full of contractors) on the street, but I don't hate them because:
- The people who own them tend to be very slow in moving them around the neighborhood... owing to the fact that they are McHugeLarge and have poor visibility and also trying to rush to the stop sign would just burn gas/brakes.
- They make all the traffic slow down because they are BIG. Like rolling traffic calming devices. Ironically the cars that always seem to be speeding are the luxury CUVs and Teslas coming from the Rich Neighborhood that got built as a spar off of our neighborhood. They'd try to do 40 in the neighborhood if they didn't have to slow down to get around contractor trucks.
Luna Lactea@breadandcircuses I would bet the price of that car that it never gets used for its intended purpose & that the owner is compensating for a micropenis.
kontainerlove@breadandcircuses With flat tires they appear somewhat smaller ...
das_menschy@breadandcircuses "There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning." - Warren Buffett
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ
Just Tom... 🐁@breadandcircuses - Studies show that people who personalise cars with bumper stickers tend to drive more aggressively and to be more likely to exhibit road rage. I am inclined to believe that the same is true of people who drive vehicles with aggressive names or excessive size.
Canadian CurmudgeonI wrote this piece back in 2013:
https://ianchadwick.com/blog/why-are-pickup-trucks-so-anti-pedestrian/
Why are Pickup Trucks so Anti-Pedestrian?
Bardnet
Dr Susi Arnott@breadandcircuses May I use this terrifying image?
bit.ly/SciFiShortsforCBH
(scroll down to first story - allegory from the incomparable PKD) #carmageddon
bit.ly/SciFiShortsforCBH
(scroll down to first story - allegory from the incomparable PKD) #carmageddon
doro.e
Martin 🪷 SchmitzYeah, but this phenomenon seems to exist for quite a while now. Only the weapons became bigger.