dantheclamman@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down122cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square195fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoIt’s not like heavy work trucks didn’t exist back then, was it just that there weren’t enough of them to care? NGL - my last car was pretty big, but Google assures me it was only 4,100 lbs. My current car is the same size and is just under 5,000 pounds.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYeah, it’s about reducing fatalities by engineering to the average, not engineering to the worst case.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIf you mean pickup trucks they have massively increased in size and weight. If you mean tractor trailers there’s little stopping that.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today. This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw! https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoHave you seen the size of F150s today?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H Compared with the '72 GMC 207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H? https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months ago2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.
It’s not like heavy work trucks didn’t exist back then, was it just that there weren’t enough of them to care?
NGL - my last car was pretty big, but Google assures me it was only 4,100 lbs. My current car is the same size and is just under 5,000 pounds.
Yeah, it’s about reducing fatalities by engineering to the average, not engineering to the worst case.
If you mean pickup trucks they have massively increased in size and weight.
If you mean tractor trailers there’s little stopping that.
I mean, my grand dad’s GMC from the 70s wasn’t SIGNIFICANTLY different from your F-150s today.
This looks about right… bench seats, no seatbelts, ashtray… yee haw!
https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/7277-cha/1972-gmc-c1500-sierra-super-custom
Have you seen the size of F150s today?
209-244″ L x 80-87″ W x 75-80″ H
Compared with the '72 GMC
207.75" L x 79" W x 70" H?
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=564311
2-3 feet longer, 8" wider (the hardest one to change and they still did it), and nearly a foot taller. Thank you for proving my point. We can also add hood height has gone up.