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Re:Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian de... by rhuru on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:21PM (#39110031)
In the top 10 most sold vehicles in USA 8-9 are trucks if I remember correctly. Ford F150 and Chevy Silvardo are typically number 1 and 2 consistently for decades. At that scale everything is likely to be diverse.

For the soyboys drinking their vegan milk and driving their lime bike to pride parade, it might come as a surprise, but it in indeed is. (<= This is an attempt to show that how any group can be dangerously maligned)

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Re:Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian de... by crote on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:16PM (#39113190)
Exactly, "in USA". That's where the "only popular in a single region of the world" part comes in.

Trucks, especially the variety seen in the US, are practically unheard of anywhere else in the world. When a specific style of vehicle is that popular in a single country it probably has more to do with legislation than driver preference. There is almost certainly a decent portion of people driving trucks who would prefer an alternative form factor - if only it were available. It'd make sense to distinguish "truck drivers" from "people driving trucks".

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