Updated: CyberTruck "Slices Deer in Half"... Elon claims that it is safer for pedestrians.
Updated: CyberTruck "Slices Deer in Half"... Elon claims that it is safer for pedestrians.
Here’s a story you all saw coming. If a new model pickup truck is on the road for any amount of time, somebody is going to ram a deer with it! What makes this collision unique is the pickup truck in question: a 2024 Tesla CyberTruck, the Cyberbeast edition. The headline tells much of the […]
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Yes, the pickup truck that is shaped like a low-effort Pinewood Derby car will definitely be safer for pedestrians, that totally scans. /s
This isn't a big concern since there are so few cybertrucks to bisect people. It's the meat mallet F150s that we should be worried about.
There at least two owned near me. I know because at least one is warped in a carbon black color.
I never hated the look of them. I always like it when people try bold different looks for any product. But I saw one in a parking lot, and was able to put hands on it in person. That's when it's size and sharp angles immediately made me think "This seems almost intended to be a pedestrian murder machine." Even bumping into it as you walk around a stationary one, just seems unnecessarily dangerous.
I wish, I see them pretty regularly.
South Florida here - damned things are everywhere. Fortunately it’s too hot to walk anywhere most of the time.
I'm not a fan of Cybertrucks, and I fucking hate Elon Musk. That said, I'm also generally not a fan of threads like this one because I feel like piling on the truck hate risks tacitly absolving non-trucks and thus misses the point of the community.
Remember, any car is going to be bad news for a deer (or pedestrian) if it hits it at 75 mph, whether it's a pickup truck or not. The only difference between the worst truck and the vehicle with the best pedestrian safety performance is that the latter becomes deadly to pedestrians at a somewhat higher speed.
The real solution to pedestrian safety isn't chipping at the margins of the problem with "safer" vehicle front ends, it's designing streets appropriately to slow vehicles down or keep them away from pedestrians to begin with.
By the way, I can confirm: the Cybertruck does indeed bear a striking resemblance to my kid's first attempt at a Pinewood Derby car, LOL!
The real solution to pedestrian safety isn't chipping at the margins of the problem with "safer" vehicle front ends, it's designing streets appropriately to slow vehicles down or keep them away from pedestrians to begin with.
I feel like both are equally vital.
Danger to pedestrians is why they're illegal in the EU, no?
I'd say danger in general. This thing is built like a tank, so it does not bend when it hits something, meaning, that energy passed to the truck's users' necks is way higher, but also to other vehicles too.
That, and because they are too heavy to drive on a normal B license.
"Of course, it’s one thing for a deer to suddenly become two deers. That’s just more venison for everybody."
That's not how it works.
Worst looking angle of that car I've seen so far.
It's a pretty impressive design really. Everytime I see it, it seems to get uglier. It's really one of the biggest mysteries of our time.
it’s like the yellow/blue/white/black dress but it’s not an optical illusion
We should run one into Elon and see how safe for pedestrians they are. Just to make sure!
They ... need to be in driving condition to do any slicing tho, so it might be kinda safe (very soon).
The DVLA aren't going to believe you Muskrat, it'll never get approved in the UK without a complete redesign.
How many deer?