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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by ninjinxo on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:03PM (#21667555)
The other car is the crumple zone
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by willmadden on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:25PM (#21667656)
Hahahahaha.

Seriously though, crumple zones in cars and trucks aren't the sheet metal on the body.

I'm sure Tesla thought about safety ratings. My guess is the "cyber truck"'s sheet metal will crumple in an accident. A car wreck has a lot more force than some guy swinging a sledgehammer at medium force.

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by gamblor956 on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:01PM (#21668036)
I think we're all sure that the designers thought about crumple zones.

And I think we're all pretty sure that Elon overrode those designers and demanded a design and materials that wouldn't crumple.

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by zaroth on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:09PM (#21668069)
Which makes no sense considering the crash test ratings on Tesla's cars are the best in the industry. Tesla has an extremely good history of designing safe cars.

There's a big difference to "stands up to parking lot car doors and shopping carts" and assuming that it doesn't crumple in a collision with another vehicle.

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by sdenton4 on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:14PM (#21667605)
Works great until the first cyber truck on cyber truck accident...
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by symplee on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:28PM (#21668337)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_force_paradox

aka "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by elif on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:42PM (#21668377)
Whoever has bagged up further will launch as if on a kicker ramp.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust... by antonvs on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:37PM (#21668172)
Known in the industry as a homoteslaccident
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