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Re:Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs by cashsterling on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:28AM (#38488580)
Lets remember that most sedan [and smaller] cars do not fair well in collisions with pick-up trucks like the Ford F250... and neither do pedestrians and cyclists. Then consider all of the even larger, heavily industrial vehicles on the road...

Does look like the cybertruck might be even burlier than a F250... but the point is, we already share the road with "mini-tanks" [that are intrinsically more dangerous to other vehicles in collisions]. Adding one more niche model is not a significant risk increase.

Re:Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs by jacobolus on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:27PM (#38491869)
And the manufacturers of all of these vehicles should be partially liable for damage caused.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs by ryandrake on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:19PM (#38493295)
Don't forget that aggression and belligerence in vehicle design is a selling point to certain segments of truck buyers. It's not enough that the vehicle will protect its occupants in a crash. Its ability to destroy the thing it crashes into is a selling point to some people. I have more than once heard people boasting about how much their truck would damage a [slur] little Prius (or whatever) if they ran into one.