The worst part is you can’t see children and teenagers walking Infront of them. Which means you can’t see normal cars Infront of you either. They are essentially worse than semi-trucks because they have slanted hoods, mirrors and better designed visibility and laws.
Part of why these monstrosities are possible is that pickup trucks, and most SUVs, are regulated as “trucks” not “cars” and so they don’t have to follow all the same safety rules as cars.
There are some that actually have a camera in the front so you can look at a camera view of what’s in front of you and blocked by the monstrous hood. I suppose that’s good, but it seems like if they have to put a front-facing camera in a vehicle, they’re admitting that the view out front is so obstructed that the vehicle shouldn’t be legal.
Sure, but is it a major issue? When the vehicles are going quickly there’s less of a chance of something sneaking up in front of them. The big danger is when they’re going slowly so something could come from the side and get in front of them with the driver unable to see it.
The big issue is when they’re moving slowly and things can move from the side (where they’re not seen) into the blind spot. When they’re moving forwards at a reasonable speed, the only way to get into the blind spot is from the front, where they’re very likely to be seen.
The worst part is you can’t see children and teenagers walking Infront of them. Which means you can’t see normal cars Infront of you either. They are essentially worse than semi-trucks because they have slanted hoods, mirrors and better designed visibility and laws.
Part of why these monstrosities are possible is that pickup trucks, and most SUVs, are regulated as “trucks” not “cars” and so they don’t have to follow all the same safety rules as cars.
There are some that actually have a camera in the front so you can look at a camera view of what’s in front of you and blocked by the monstrous hood. I suppose that’s good, but it seems like if they have to put a front-facing camera in a vehicle, they’re admitting that the view out front is so obstructed that the vehicle shouldn’t be legal.
If they do have a camera, that camera works only under 10-15mph, above that it’s disabled.
Ok, and?
That sucks obviously
Sure, but is it a major issue? When the vehicles are going quickly there’s less of a chance of something sneaking up in front of them. The big danger is when they’re going slowly so something could come from the side and get in front of them with the driver unable to see it.
The major issue is that they have such a big blind spot and can’t see what is right in front of them, fast moving or no.
Things aren’t sneaking up on them, they’re running over shit they can’t see.
The big issue is when they’re moving slowly and things can move from the side (where they’re not seen) into the blind spot. When they’re moving forwards at a reasonable speed, the only way to get into the blind spot is from the front, where they’re very likely to be seen.
Imagine they look down for a sec to change the radio and miss the thing that is now in front of them.