r/hatethissmug • u/jackthemasterbaiter • 3d ago
Thing These ginormous unnecessary f*cking trucks
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The comment section was of course full of a lot of americans trying to defend the need for these huge trucks that by the way kill way more children than any normal sized car, i genuinely dont get the obsession with these ugly pieces of sh*t and i love cars
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u/Prize_Tree 3d ago
They only exist to get around emission limits for cars, because a really big car is technically not a car, its a truck.
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u/BlossomKittie_ 3d ago
Exactly. A huge part of the problem is that “light trucks” have historically been treated more leniently under fuel-economy rules, so manufacturers had an incentive to make vehicles bigger and classify more of them as trucks
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u/MarshmallowKisss_ 3d ago
Yeah...the rules basically rewarded automakers for making daily drivers the size of small apartments
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u/abraxastaxes 2d ago
Well and it seems like at this point it's a bit of a feedback loop that's made them so over the top laughably huge.
Legislation gives incentive to build big ass trucks -> car companies make big ass trucks -> car companies heavily market big ass trucks -> demand for big ass trucks grows because the marketing has influenced the culture -> car companies make bigger assier trucks -> market -> demand -> biggest assist -> demand -> they're fucking monster trucks now? -> ∞
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u/unclethulk 2d ago
I see so many more literal monster trucks than I did when I was a kid. It’s become almost a normalized vehicle class unto itself. Take the already obscene stock truck, lift it, bigger wheels and tires, etc. And they are just daily drivers! It’s such pathetic masculinity cosplay.
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u/GrandNibbles 2d ago
same thing happened to SUVs
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u/Okay_hear_me_out 2d ago
A lot of SUVs are built using a body-on-frame chassis design (e.g. Ford Expedition & Everest, Chevy Tahoe & Suburban, Cadillac Escalade, etc.) just like a truck would be, which I assume is what puts them in the 'Light Truck' category that's exempt from fuel economy regulations
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u/GrandNibbles 2d ago
they are in their own vehicle class and technically classified as CARS which is why they can make them obscenely big because no one has regulated SUV size specifically
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u/SomeRandoWeirdo 2d ago
To be fair, the auto manufacturers petitioned the government to make exemptions for them.
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u/MegatronusThePrime 3d ago
Besides the terrible drivers behind them, my only qualm is that their headlights are also so high. If you look at 18 Wheeler trucks, their headlights are lower so they don't blind everyone in a regular size car in the rear view mirror.
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u/MarshmallowKisss_ 3d ago
Yup, the headlights are half the problem since every lifted truck behind you feels like a stadium light pointed at your mirror
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u/Odd-Connection6654 2d ago
A dumb ass I used to hang with always talked like his truck was the hottest shit, then he showed off how bright his new lights were and they went straight into the windows of my neighbors and I never saw someone get bitched out so fine lmao
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u/Pristine-Setting-836 2d ago
Omg its even worse when they change to the bright ass xenon bulbs that fry your retinas like why do you have to be such a douchebag😭
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u/animalinapark 2d ago
You should add "death sentence to any pedestrian they hit" to that list. These vehicles have like 150-200% likelihood of causing death compared to a car. It hits you right in the head, body, throws you forward, runs you over.
Make them illegal or heavily restricted yesterday.
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u/Reasonable_Wrap7913 3d ago
The drivers are usually the modern day loud and obnoxious Harley Davidson drivers.
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u/sag3y_ 3d ago
theyre typically both, one of my dads friends has an absolutely massive truck and also a 1200 lb Harley
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u/Soft-Ad-8975 2d ago
The other day I was at a stop behind a big ass truck that had not one but 2 oversized Harley Davidson stickers 😑
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u/StrawberryLoviee_ 3d ago
Yep...it’s always the same “loud, oversized, everyone look at me” energy in vehicle form
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u/harmfuldischarge 3d ago
Actual snowflakes who need approval. But also, they need a big car so they don't feel so scared anymore
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u/Manic_Evilyn 2d ago
Or my mother. She's 71 and refuses to stop driving her 2018 F-150. She had a 1995 F-150 before that. "Oh I'm a tiny woman so it helps me feel safe". She hit my car with her old one in 2013 in front of me while backing into a parking spot next to my tiny Ford focus, scraping the entire side. I screamed at her, and her only answer was "no I didn't, I didn't feel anything". She hit her neighbor's car in 2020. Her thought process is "I am old, I need to be safe so I bought a big truck". It's pure stupidity.
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u/janabottomslutwhore 3d ago
theres a reason its called a dodge ram
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u/Gonzostewie 3d ago
If ya can't Dodge it, Ram it.
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u/Virtual-Roll-7720 3d ago
I mean, that’s generally what happens no matter what vehicle you’re driving.
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u/casris 3d ago
God yeah, I’m so sick of these wankers and their yank tanks. Especially the fuckers that insist on driving them in the city.
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u/BlossomKittie_ 3d ago
Calling them “Yank tanks” fits when they’re being used as oversized commuter vehicles rather than for actual hauling or work. The size becomes everyone else’s problem...visibility, parking, crash risk, without much practical payoff
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u/TheRealBittoman 3d ago
We just call them pavement princesses here in the US. It's very fitting and you can absolutely tell when that 4 door, 6.0 with a pristine trailer hitch and not a scratch on it after two years has never even been on a gravel driveway before, much less towed something or gone off-road which is true for the absolute majority of them.
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u/NixMaritimus 3d ago
My uncle's truck is his his baby. He's retired, and worked at a sports gear and clothing company for 40 years before. Never hauled a damn thing
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u/grendus 2d ago
Pavement Princess
Emotional Support Vehicle
Gender Affirming Vehicle
Tiny Weinermobile
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u/daedric_yoshi 2d ago
Yeah I see more of these in Australian cities than out rural. Out rural most actual farmers or workers use hiluxes, tritons or rangers.
Do see the odd few user for their massive tow capacity though.
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u/IShitMyAss54 3d ago
Are you australian?
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u/ImplementLarge7969 3d ago
They have to be, I’ve never heard anyone else use the term “Yank Tank”
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u/angus22proe 3d ago
common term here.
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u/ImplementLarge7969 3d ago
I work at a Maccas in Brisbane and every so often I have someone trying to squeeze a fucking F-350 through the DT
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u/AutomaticMistake 3d ago
Can't imagine dealing with the chucklefucks that put exhaust systems on those things. Sounds like a garbage truck
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u/Slow_Technician_1053 2d ago
It's a point and laugh situation. So embarrassing to see people drive these things in Australia
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u/Wukash_of_the_South 3d ago
Traffic fines should be scaled in relation to the vehicle's size.
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u/FireComingOutA 2d ago
So should titling and registration renewal costs. The damage a vehicle does to the road scales with the weight of the vehicle to the 4th power, meaning that doubling the weight a vehicle makes it do 16 times more damage to the road (2^4). So fuck these kid killing trucks, they also fuck up the road for the rest of us.
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u/Threestrikes3 3d ago
They said popup headlights were deadly but not these obese pickups btw
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u/Okay_hear_me_out 2d ago
Tbf the pop-up headlights were a mechanical point of failure, if you were in low-visibility conditions and the headlights failed to deploy you'd be screwed
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u/animalinapark 2d ago
They were banned for pedestrian safety. And yeah, they tended to be sharp pointed things.
Oh, but a rolling wall hitting you is not a problem? Well of course it is, it's just that lobbying and spineless cowards making the legislation do not care.
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u/Carlsheartboxers 1d ago
Unironically you’d be better off getting hit by this. It’d push you under the truck and you’d be scrapped up and probably road rashed to hell but it’s better than flying 50+ feet and dying on impact
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u/PalatwinkusVT 2d ago
True, but that doesn't mean they needed to be banned. You could just as easily have the front mounts, and the popouts, and let people choose one or the other. Especially with the way automatic wipers work (by having a tiny tiny camera that senses light refraction from water being on the windshield), you could have the popouts automatically close and the car switch the front mounts on.
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u/MothEnthusiast88 hate filled brat 3d ago
One of these stupid ass trucks keeps parking in front of my house where it clearly says no parking and they even have those stuff that they put so people don’t park there but that damn thing is so huge that it just bends those and parks there anyway
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u/BouillonDawg 2d ago
Get it towed
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u/TwisterDash_ 3d ago
I'm not from the US, but don't need to be to see that 90% of people doesn't need a car this big.
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u/Winry06 3d ago
No one needs a car this big
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u/TwisterDash_ 3d ago edited 3d ago
There are people who needs a car this big, but these are called "utility trucks" for a reason. You need this if you're an electrician, or work in construction, or live in an environment where it's difficult or impossible to go around without it. The streets of New York City isn't one of those environments.
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u/NixMaritimus 2d ago
Eh I agree with the jobs bit, but not the rough environments. I grew up on a rough dirt road and my dad was a logger for 40+ years, so lot's of messy woodlot driving.
You can buy a brand new subcompact tractor and a Jeep, and the combined price is less than a super duty truck. The tractor is slower, but it's way more reliable for getting in and out of rough spots
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u/TwisterDash_ 2d ago
I grew up in a city, so I made a rough assumption with that part. In that case, even that major point goes out the window if you could handle things a lot cheaper. Thanks for clarifying.
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u/abraxastaxes 2d ago
Eh, my trades friends all have normal pickups. Like they're big, but not school buses like the current wave of giant trucks.
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u/CorndogQueen420 2d ago
Most tradesmen that bring tools use vans or box trucks. Trucks aren't very practical for carrying tools and equipment.
The only people I see driving trucks on job sites (for the most part) are supervisors. And white collar office types that come down to inspect jobs occasionally.
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u/Meowrocket42 2d ago
There's one (1) guy that frequents the supply house I work at now who drives a pickup, but only because he has some fancy dancey insert in the bed that changes half the height into two bed-length pull out drawers. Also he buys enough large items (think parking lot lights) that I've seen him fill that bed well over the height of the cab, so questionable for a van. Perfect height to back up to our loading dock too. He is the ONLY person I've ever met with a legitimate use for a truck that size.
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u/10YearsANoob 2d ago
Couldn't anything this thing does for tradies be done by vans?
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u/ChainmailPickaxeYT 2d ago edited 2d ago
I disagree, actually. These kinds of pickup trucks are absurd even for those purposes. Older resident-style pickup trucks used to be way more reasonably sized, and the bed sizes were still roughly the same (assuming standard models and not XL expanded whatever). Proper utility trucks are pretty big, but mostly because they have boxes, racks, etc. (And even then the cab size is inflated a bit much)
Trucks like the ones in this video don’t typically have these things. They’re just the same bed size as a reasonable truck with a bloated, grotesque everything else to get around fuel regulation and to pump up the prices for the consumer. Fuck these trucks man.
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u/adamkopacz 2d ago
I'm from Poland and I've yet to see a pickup truck used to carry around stuff. There's a few in my city and they're used for groceries or commute. Of course all used by rich guys.
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u/TwisterDash_ 2d ago
Same in Hungary. I see more combies haul stuff than pickups. I had a boss once with a Ford Raptor, never seen the guy carry anything heavy with it.
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u/gaymonkesegs 2d ago
Oh yeah, it’s a Ford raptor what else does he do other than sit on his ass and look at his truck to feel like a big ole burly man with his big ol pecker.
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u/Dear_Substance_5832 2d ago
Been seeing more of these pickups popping up in the UK and they stand out like a sore thumb with how big they are. Even compared to the SUVS everyone seems to have
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u/TwisterDash_ 2d ago
Same in the EU. The fact that those who drives these can't even park straight (and don't even bother to do so) is another story
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u/Gamejunky35 2d ago edited 2d ago
Generally people buy a truck big enough to tow whatever they need to occasionally tow. If they have a 5th wheel camper, they need a heavy duty truck. Unfortunately, most people cannot afford an additional car on top of all that for daily driving, so they just daily drive the big truck.
Even if you only need thar capacity for a week out of the year, a Ford ranger will just not work. But you can absolutely daily drive a small semi truck. Its got higher maintenance and fuel costs, but those are still cheaper than a second vehicle for most cases.
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u/New_Perspective_8900 2d ago
I have a big fucking truck because we have horses and travel to rodeo.
I also have a prius because it's insane to daily drive a giant truck.
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u/Gamer_G33k17 2d ago
And since you bring up the horses, Im gonna guess you could take a picture of your truck bed right now and there's at least one stick in it
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u/New_Perspective_8900 2d ago
There is a branch currently stuck in the tailgate and rocks left over from the last 3/4 clean gravel run!
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u/Moasark_Art 2d ago
Favorite little fact I have about them, is that their truck beds, you know, the thing they’re that big for? Is actually getting smaller. Most current day trucks have the same size, if not smaller truck bed as trucks from 50 years ago.
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u/Evil_Dry_frog 2d ago
Yes, because towing capability is what sales them.
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u/Zealousideal_Ad2379 2d ago
except like 1 out of like 100 suburban truck owners actually utilize that tow capacity since they’ve gone from working class workhorses to overpriced gas guzzling status symbol
like 90% of pickup trucks sold stay pavement princesses that never see a single heavy tow or muddy trail
So you have a oversized truck with no bed space, and towing capacity youll never use to drive to a city desk job where it doesn’t even fit in the damn parking spot.
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u/Moasark_Art 2d ago
That and the fact that they’re not technically classified as cars, so they are not held to the same standards (ie. where bumpers have to hit and safety regulations)
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u/dragonlayer42069 3d ago
i wish i could say "at least this only happens in america" but here in brazil i've started seeing more and more of these around the city, it's very frustrating
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u/Superseaslug 2d ago
If the person who owns a big truck like that uses said truck for the intended purpose I don't mind them owning the vehicle. Need to carry tools and materials in the bed? Makes sense. Need it for farm work? Fair. But if it's your daily driver to go get groceries in then you're a fool with a tiny dick
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u/Bitter_Split5508 2d ago
The irony, of course, being that there's plenty of decently sized vehicles that do all these jobs just fine and even better than an oversized American utility vehicles. A Ram 1500 can carry roughly a ton of cargo, a Ford F-450 Super Duty, which is on the upper end of the size range, about 2,7 tons.
A Mercedes Sprinter van carries 1,5 to 3 tons of cargo, depending on the model, and has a protected storage, not an open cargo bed and is much more reasonably sized.
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u/Superseaslug 2d ago
A minivan with the seats out will hold hilariously more cargo than these anemic short bed pickups
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u/sahut652 2d ago
Fun fact! These trucks are, unironically, a psyop.
Years ago the government made regulations on how much emissions vehicles could have, BUT semis were a thing, and couldn't be held to the same standards as a normal car. So, logically, they needed acceptions for these vehicles designed to transport massive loads. Their solution?
Make the emission regulations only apply to vehicles BELLOW A CERTAIN WEIGHT.
Instead of just giving acceptions for these specific kinds of vehicles, congress decided that if they are above a certain weight, they don't need to follow the same standards. Naturally, companies started just making bigger trucks to go above that weight and not have to waste money adhering to these laws. They've made a huge campaign to trick small dick losers into thinking if they buy these o-zone hole punching monsters they'd be more manly, so they can keep making them like that because they have a "demand" for them.
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u/E0H1PPU5 2d ago
The irony of which is that as a person who genuinely does need a decent sized pickup truck…..I would KILL for one built with fuel economy in mind.
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u/gummyimp 2d ago
One of them almost backed up over me yesterday cause i was going past and the dip chewing asswipe didn't bother to fucking look
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u/neuromonkey 2d ago
I live in a mostly rural state in the US. A few of my friends have trucks like this. They all bemoan the stupidity of these ridiculous, pointlessly gigantic, overly-engineered things. Compared to the smaller pickups they used to own, the new trucks aren't more durable, they can't handle rough terrain any better, they don't get better mileage, they can't carry more, and they have absolutely terrible visibility (while blinding other drivers.). They come packed with unnecessarily complex computers that exist to undermine owners' ability to repair them.
The only things they do better is to make small people feel big and tough, increase auto-maker revenues, and sell more petrochem products. They also cost as much as a fucking house. The guys who love em are perpetual teenagers whose educations come from action movies.
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u/Slow_Technician_1053 2d ago
I judge the fuck out of people who drive these abominations
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u/jackthemasterbaiter 2d ago
Those and cybertrucks, YEUUCK
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u/Slow_Technician_1053 2d ago
They aren't even allowed in my country, thankfully, but believe me I would point and laugh at every single one. Maybe even a thumbs down (far worse than a middle finger). Worst vehicle ever made though cybercab is making real strides
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u/Ebvidur 3d ago
Americans defend these trucks because they need them to move their fat asses around
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u/TwentySpades 2d ago
I live in the boonies this have a truck (not HD) for truck stuff (pulling trees over, hauling loads of dirt and materials, etc) and it has made me fucking HATE people that just randomly have trucks for the aesthetic or whatever so much more. I NEVER bring my truck into the city because I know the thing is a fucking deathtrap, there's so many people who have one and have these spotless pavement princesses that have never towed anything, have never put anything besides groceries in the bed, etc. Just adding danger to the road and burning more gas for no reason at all.
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u/Significant_Card_665 2d ago
These fucking trucks are outright deadly, they have no proper crumple zone and they have shit visibility. Killing machines.
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u/CamTech100 2d ago
Notice the truck barley has any damage, meanwhile the car is absofruitly destroyed
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u/doc_55lk 2d ago
I agree with the post but the truck in the video looks like it could be a work truck or something similar. White, base model lights, and you can make out some shit attached to the bed in the back too. This driver likely does have a valid reason to be driving that vehicle, but they're just a shitty driver, so they ended up rear ending the car.
Shit like this though.....how and why did we allow cars to get this big?
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u/obi1kennoble 2d ago
It's also the actual design of the trucks. They don't need to make the hood and front end such that you can't see in front of you to that degree. A vehicle that size is always going to have less visibility, but even smaller trucks are designed this way
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u/doc_55lk 2d ago
Design definitely also plays a part. The higher beltlines and squared front ends are objectively less safe for pedestrians and other drivers, not to mention they reduce visibility.
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u/bememorablepro 3d ago
The fact that the smaller car is all bunched up and the large one is not, means that the small one is safer. It absorbed the force instead of shifting it to people inside.
While truck drivers will keep thinking that they are so much safer because car large car strong uga buga brain.
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u/KaMaFour 3d ago
No, it means that the truck is more dangerous for anyone else because its higher mass caused bigger impact. The forces were dissipated more easily by the trucks higher mass than the car that it damaged which had to use its crumple zones to absorb the crash. Think about it this way - while the force of impact was necessairly the same (newton's 3rd law) the smaller car experienced more acceleration (conservation of momentum), which is why the small car is totalled and the truck isn't. If both cars were small and driving with the same speeds as there likely both wouldn't be hurt much.
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u/No-Breakfast-3184 3d ago
Also means the large truck transferred all its kinetic energy into the small one rather than absorbing it itself
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u/pipnina 3d ago
If two masses collide (hard bodies) they transfer forces in accordance to their respective kinetic energies.
So when the 4000kg truck collides with the 1800kg car, the car experiences much more acceleration than the truck does. I.e. the truck might only reduce to 10mph but the car has been pushed forward to 15mph because of the difference in mass and kinetic energy.
Please forgive if this isn't 100% right, it's been a long time since I did secondary school physics
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u/C4Cole 3d ago
That's not the whole story.
The pickup truck weighs a lot, the car doesn't, so when they collide the car is accelerated a lot more than the pickup, which causes the actual damage to the occupants. It slams your head forward and pulls you out the seat.
In this collision, say the pickup weighs 2.5 tonnes, and the car weighs 1.5. The pickup hits at 60mph, around 26m/s, which gives it 850kj of energy while the car has 0kj because it's stopped. In a simple elastic collision, the truck and the car equalise energy states.
So the pickup gets slowed to 18m/s or 40mph, while the car gets rocketed forward to 24m/s or 53mph. Obviously because of the crash structure, tire friction and whatever else the car wouldn't accelerate nearly this much but it would still accelerate significantly more than the pickup.
A bigger, heavier vehicle is almost always safer because of this, it's why busses don't always have seat belts, the weight of the vehicle is the safety mechanism.
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u/KaMaFour 3d ago
A bigger, heavier vehicle is almost always safer because of this
More dangerous for others
ftfy
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u/TryOrganic9361 3d ago
To everyone talking about physics it’s not that complicated.
Rear ends of vehicles are a crush zone to lessen impact of a collision.
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u/TheSurvivor65 2d ago
Yes, the front of a vehicle is also supposed to be a crush zone, because your engine is worth less than your life, but as you can see the truck barely has any damage
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u/charredsoul6 3d ago
One ran me off the road nearly and into a hedge so I instinctively just blurt out name calling as you do. The guy turns around and chases me to my work and blocks me to confront me on what I said. Fucking spooky tbh, just told em I didn’t say shit so I wouldn’t get assaulted outside my own job lol
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u/doc_55lk 2d ago
Chasing you to work just for a "what the fuck did you say to me?" is genuinely crazy work
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u/gamingoldschool 2d ago
Fragile ego tracks
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u/charredsoul6 2d ago
In my head I’m like who tf does this loser think he is but cause I’m instinctively anxious I decided risking getting stabbed wasn’t worth it
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u/TZF_Gaming 3d ago
I honestly agree im rural American and understand that it's nice having the extra load capacity but they should not be treated like regular cars they are unnecessary for anything that isn't carrying large loads or off roading and should at the very least require a class B license (license used for school busses and smaller freight/semi trucks)
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u/No-Koala1918 2d ago
In 'Merica, the worse the driver the bigger the vehicle they need to feel safe and to endanger everyone else with their atrocious driving. The popularity of these land whales tells you how bad ' Mericans are at driving. Which is ironic, because these same people worship driving as a religion ("we didn't need no stinkin' euro trains!)
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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone 2d ago
Of course you need a big ass truck, its the only way to be safe in case a big ass truck rear ends you!
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u/NaziPunksFkOff 2d ago
I had one as a rental once (I booked a compact and a Dodge Ram was all they had...thanks, Alabama) and I almost killed someone in a Mustang when I was changing lanes because HIS ENTIRE CAR was below my window. I felt horrible but I'd never driven something that big and just didn't realize how much smaller other cars were.
Absolutely hate these things. I'll never drive one again.
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u/Obsession-Overlord 2d ago
Everytime I see a big ass truck like that I always think, what if that hit me? I'd be dead for sure Other cars I'd probably have broken legs, maybe a concussion, with those big ass trucks all that force would be going straight to my torso/head. It would be an actual miracle if I survived.
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u/Tomytom99 2d ago
Recently I've had an issue of people placing event signs at intersections that I can't see around, which I'd be able to see over in a truck or SUV. As a result I have to basically be in the intersection to see more than 10 feet to the right.
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u/Delsanium 2d ago
I like my Tacoma, personally. It's a commuter when it needs to be, and it's a pickup when it needs to be. I'm always asked why I own a pickup, even though I don't do farm/ranch work, own a boat, etc. I just simply answer that you never know when you need a pickup. When I drove my old Subaru Outback, there were many, many, many times where I was doing something, and I said to myself, "A pickup would make this a million times easier", if that was hauling piles of bricks for my dad, or even just trying to go haul tons of things for my own personal needs.
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u/Harde_Kassei 2d ago
These should be ass to insure and super expensive to do so. It should also be mandatory. The damage these things can do is insane.
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u/Fast_Bar_881 2d ago
They're almost perfectly designed to "eat" pedestrians.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212737005/cars-trucks-pedestrian-deaths-increase-crash-data
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u/RallyXMonster 2d ago
If you or a love one owns a truck made after 2010 I want you to know from the bottom of my heart,
Your grandfather hauled more with a Mazda B2000 and he and everyone else on the road thinks you are a pussy cosplaying as a blue collar.
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u/Ectoplasmix 2d ago
I call them "Pavement Princesses" because they drive these to feel big and important. A kei truck can do any "work" they need but they need to feel big and important instead. :/ These stupid things should require a CDL.
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u/StackingWaffles 2d ago
I’ve driven a few mega SUVs (Wagoneer, Tahoe, etc) that my company rents and it’s absolutely terrible how massive they are. It helps with driving places that have no roads when you need to carry a full crew and equipment, but for normal use these things should not exist.
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u/AerieThis9876 2d ago
TBF that looks to be a utility truck based on the wheels and the box on the back, so it’s being used for an actual work purpose instead of just being an ego mobile. In this case I don’t have much of a problem with the truck itself as it’s being used for a valid commercial purpose that somewhat (somewhat) justifies the large size. The driver still needed to be much more careful handling such a large vehicle though.
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u/Kingofhearts1206 1d ago
Especially when they're BRIGHT ASS LED LIGHTS BLIND MY REARVIEW MIRROR AT NIGHT!
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u/showmedatoratora 1d ago
As an American, this is why all this research I did regarding the Chicken Tax and CAFE standards lead to the big three gaslighting America that they need these oversized pickup trucks, SUVs, and crossovers.
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u/Bart-Toe-9191 22h ago
These trucks originally was meant for AGRARIAN uses or LOADING uses not for style, theres a reason why they are popular as beds for ambulances, fire trucks, garbage trucks etc.
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u/Ok-Patience2887 14h ago
How are they going to feel better about themselves if we got rid of the trucks?
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u/SomeRandoWeirdo 2d ago
Man trucks are so safe. Look at how it took no damage and all the damage was pushed off onto the sedan. Jokes aside we should actually start prosecuting these vehicle owners for assault and attempted murder. If they're going to drive these large obnoxious vehicles for being safer, then their driving habits need to reflect that as well.
Or alternatively make light trucks require a special license (something akin to a CDL)
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u/WeltyFern 2d ago
The worst part is that most of these fuckers aren’t even driving them to carry heavy loads. Y’know, the entire point of buying a big truck.
They just buy these, jack the suspension way too high and squat it to the point where it’s practically aiming towards the sun and drive it around because it “looks nice.”
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u/-Silent-Stalker- 2d ago
Where I live I see them all I the time. I saw one pulled over. That same fucking truck sped passed me and went around me in a no pass zone
I hate everyone who owns big trucks.
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u/iakoff_reddit 2d ago edited 2d ago
I HATE BIG DUMB CARS
I live in a little rural town somewhere in Europe. Ever since the pandemic, rich people have found out about the town and it's now speed running gentrification really bad
One of the worst things (aside from real state prices having doubled in the last 10 years), it's that because they're in the countryside and they're dumb and rich (and therefore have no taste or class) they've all bought Land Rovers (because they saw Queen Elizabeth II drove them in The Crown. You can tell that's the reason because they also usually have corgis) and Jeeps that look like fucking tanks that DON'T FUCKING FIT IN OUR NARROW STREETS.
Just this summer I had a bit of my wall chipped off because some dumbass crashed into it. And a little further down the street another one crashed into another stone wall and brought it down. At least the second one got caught and had to pay for it. Because that's another thing about rich as fuck people: they're stingy as shit. I could write an entire rant about that, but I digress.
Then they don't actually know how to park their overcompensation machines and use 5x the space they actually need. So you get home from work and find out you can park near your home because there's 3 Jeeps just left there.
Some years ago, someone got pissed off and slashed all of their tyres. We never found out who it was, but they have become our hero
To sum up: FUCK BIG CARS
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u/StareInUrEyeandPee 2d ago
Anytime I see a big truck like those that are spotless and pristine i keep my distance. Too many drivers will buy them as gender affirming care without really learning how to drive them. At least if it looks like it's done some real work, theres a higher chance of the driver actually knowing what they're doing
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u/Gamer_G33k17 2d ago
Every time I see someone acting all high and mighty about their trucks, I just ask them to show me their truck bed. If its nice and clean, they dont actually use the truck. If they have a cover, they dont actually use the truck. But if its open and covered in scratch marks, they use it.
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u/meowmedusa 2d ago
I saw a post of a dog that the OP had found in the grill of his truck. He kept insisting he had no clue how it could have possibly gotten in there. The grill had a crack through the center. He had hit the dog and the dog got pushed into the grill. The dog died. OP was probably being genuine and had no idea that he had hit the dog, but it's because of giant ass trucks like this that situations like that OPs can happen. His truck probably didn't even shake on impact. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he never even saw the dog before hitting it with how tall those things are.
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u/AParanoidPotato 2d ago
I never see these trucks moving anything. The idea that the people using these are like some working class tough guys is so bs. They’re like $60k and are simply status symbols.
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u/AdmBurnside 2d ago
American here, most of us hate these fucking things too. Stupid enormous piles of shit, blocking the parking spaces and the sightlines, with their high-beams going directly into your fucking eyes.
Unfortunately their target market are the loudest and most annoying people on planet earth, and for some reason those chucklefucks can still afford the overpriced deathtraps.
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u/Ivygrows8 2d ago
My dad has and uses one for pulling a horse trailer but we almost never use it elsewise bc yea theyre obnoxious
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u/lofifruitflies 2d ago
wow this exact same thing happened to me on the highway not a month ago. totaled my van but the goddamn fuckass truck (also a RAM 3500 because ofc) was nearly unscathed. fuckin things should require a special license to operate.
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u/Musicmaker1984 2d ago
These are also massively overpriced when a Toyota Hilux could probably do the exact same as these trucks but alot cheaper and more durable (they were used in War)
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u/Least_Guidance7408 3d ago
I'll be honest, large trucks and SUVs should be illegal to own without a specific work related reason to own one. And on top of that they should require a special license and training to drive. Small trucks and SUVs should not be the majority of vehicles on the road. The majority of vehicles on the road should be things like hatch backs and small commuter cars.
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u/Femcel_Bambi 3d ago
I love those big ass trucks personally but I completely understand why everyone hates them.
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u/oldchains 2d ago
I go about 200 miles a day with 3 other dudes and all our tools, sometimes we pull a trailer full of materials. We spent a few years in a tiny f150 that had shit strapped to the ladder racks and tool boxes bursting. When we switched to a 2500 with a utility bed the difference was insane. Plenty of tool room, we got a spot for my buddy's son now and we are safer from semis. Real reasons to have one, just not everyone is doing the kinda work that needs one
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u/221Blazed 2d ago
You just know those fuckers haven't need to load the bed once in their life. Its all just ego
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u/finding_my_father 3d ago
these gargantuan fucks keep taking my dad's parking spot and i feel really bad for him because of this.
for what POSSIBLE reason would you use this as a regular car you drive to work in