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0 pointsdiggan1y ago0 comments

> Passive safety is the art of engineering cars so that when they do crash, the occupants are unharmed.

Judging by the (illegal in Europe) design, passive safety is the only safety Cybertruck has, and the safety of others have absolutely zero importance. Fits with how the rest of the world sees the typical American as well, so maybe not a big shocker.

> What you're asking for, though, is definitionally impossible

Why is it impossible for the car to stop (legally obviously) if it fails to merge, or even hit the curb, instead of continue straight forward like nothing happened?

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halyconWays1y ago

>passive safety is the only safety Cybertruck has

Not even remotely true

scottyah1y ago

Europe's safety is optimized for its environment: mostly narrow, crooked, and crowded streets with a lot of pedestrians. Most use cases for a pickup truck that's only sold in North America are in the part of America where you're much more likely to crash into a tree, deer, fence post, etc than you are a person.

woodruffw1y ago

I see lots of SUVs in Europe, which are light-truck sized (and are more often than not built on top of light truck chassis). That plus the preponderance of trucks in US cities suggests to me that it's mostly a cultural and regulatory issue, not a matter of driving environment.

jimnotgym1y ago

I can't think of a single SUV that is built on top of a chassis on sale in 2025?

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF1y ago

> Most use cases for a pickup truck that's only sold in North America are in the part of America where you're much more likely to crash into a tree, deer, fence post, etc than you are a person.

Not many trees, deer, fence posts in the Costco parking lot compared to people.

rsynnott1y ago

Dunno; last time I was in SF, I saw one of these absurd items (they are even sillier in person), right in the city, lots of people around. If they’re so rural-adapted, perhaps they shouldn’t be allowed enter built-up areas.

brendoelfrendo1y ago

Really? Someone should tell all of the suburban and city-dwelling truck owners that.

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