Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians

Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by beej71 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:38PM (#38268441)

Our Honda Fit was totaled by a Bigass Truck. Driver didn't see it over the hood and A-pillar as we were approaching from a point downhill and right of their vantage. An entire car they didn't see. I'm glad I was not on my bicycle or motorcycle.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by zenzen on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:47PM (#38268586)

I’m guessing they didn’t lose their license?

In the US we’re terrified to take away someone’s access to a car because there are so few valid alternatives in most of the country. To the point where driving tests are basically a rubber stamp, and re-tests are nonexistent.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by interestica on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:11PM (#38268964)

And then there's the absurdity of using a "driver's license" as some form of universal government ID.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by mksybr on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:45PM (#38269476)

If you don't have driving abilities you can get a state ID card.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by bmicraft on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:02PM (#38270457)

You mean a "non-drivers driver licence"?

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:17PM (#38270604)

You do know that state-issued ID cards exist, right? They usually just say "Identification card" or something.

Yes, they look similar to a driver's license card, but so what?

We have ID cards. We have driver's license cards. The latter is so ubiquitous that there's really no reason to require drivers to carry both. Just allow the second to be used as the first. AFAIK, in most states, they're both issued at the DMV (or your state's equivalent organization) anyways.

I'm just really struggling to see what you're trying to get at. Your question is posed in such a way that I'm interpreting it to be an attempt at some sort of "gotcha" question.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by bmicraft on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @06:13PM (#38271164)

It was just a joke because I've heard those are a thing too

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by joveian on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:47PM (#38273093)

They are often called driver's licenses, though, because it is so common that the official state issued id is a driver's license. In less formal language (in my experience) "identification" usually means random student id or bus passes or any picture id would be ok while "driver's license" means official state id or military id.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by interestica on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:46PM (#38285883)

Yup. But places that need proof of age (for example) will still ask for "your driver's license".

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by beej71 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @09:14PM (#38272541)

> I’m guessing they didn’t lose their license?

They did not. Cited, points, and I'm sure their insurance went up.

We got to fight with their insurance company to try to get enough money for another car and to cover medical expenses. That was fun.

Even though there was no contest that the other driver was at fault, I started driving with a 4K dashcam after that. And I found something interesting: I started driving more carefully myself because if there was an accident, I wanted the record to show I was blameless.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by WirelessGigabit on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:26PM (#38269221)

TBF, the A-pillar problem is not exclusive to big trucks.

I drive a small BMW 2 series (M240i, not the M235i-based-on-mini-abomination).

I have seen entire civilizations disappear in my A-pillar. I need to look around it like an owl moves its head.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by ortusdux on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:02PM (#38269697)

I had someone on a one-wheel approach an intersection at the same speed as me and stay hidden behind my 3" wide A-pillar the entire time.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by WirelessGigabit on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:33PM (#38272986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYeeTvitvFU

Interesting intersection that had this problem (now fixed).

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