Mastodawn

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009.

Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.I27_.RXJpxEQcJXSI&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

The New York Times

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ARGVMI~1.PIF 1d ago

@davidho

Rise of? Pickup trucks were a thing when I was a kid.

They weren't as big as some of the pickups I see these days, though.

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Henrik Pauli 1d ago

@argv_minus_one @davidho I guess it also wasn't nearly as common to drive a pickup for no reason when a normal car would also do.

(Certainly the case in my European perspective, and the monster SUVs are unfortunately on the rise here too (I have doubts on their road legality))

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Advanced Persistent Teapot

@phl @argv_minus_one @davidho a few months ago I saw an American imported giant pickup at my local supermarket. It was parked in one of the disabled/family bays and nearly overflowing that into the next bay, and the rear was a good two feet into the roadway. The top of the tailgate was nearly level with my head.