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

Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by NegativeLatency on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:05PM (#38268876)

I think some people do consider it (although possibly from the wrong angle and not very deeply) otherwise you wouldn't see stuff like massively lifted trucks, who's purpose is to look "aggressive" and "scary" to make the person inside feel better about themself.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by mikrotikker on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:55PM (#38269616)

Can confirm I got just a 2" body lift on my truck and it feels... Empowering. I want to go higher now so I'll be buying a 2" lifted suspension kit, nothing crazy like the 4" my friend is going for (his truck looks amazing with it). Unfortunately it won't fit in my shed then so I need to build a carport before I do that.

The pedestrians are safe(ish). For now.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by Symbiote on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:09PM (#38269807)

The pedestrians are already in danger since you're driving a truck.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by mikrotikker on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @09:08PM (#38285110)

That's why I said safe-ish

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by mordechai9000 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:10PM (#38269813)

I think the noise and the image are designed to impress other drivers safely cocooned within their own vehicles. You don't even need to modify the stock vehicles to get this effect. When I have no protective shell around me, even standard passenger cars seem to be aggressive and hostile.

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