I dislike how they write off the weight of a vehicle and focus on the height of the front end. The weight matters in preventing people from being hit in the first place not reducing deaths on impact. Reducing pedestrian deaths is good, I don't think anyone would really disagree but reducing pedestrians hit by cars in general is significantly better. The video goes out of its way to protect the poor fragile and easily triggered emotional support vehicle buyer from feeling responsible.
Drivers licenses shouldn't cover everything from a smart car to an RV.
Weight matters for sure, but he's trying to take away the argument of "my F-150 weighs the same as that Tesla Model Y, so screw you liberal" by focussing on the fact that grill height has a way bigger impact than weight does.
Also F9 is a (very very good) motorcycle and mountain bike channel, so don't expect them to be the most thorough video on trucks. But I'm glad he made the video because a lot of dirt and adventure bike riders have big ass trucks to haul them around
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Yep.
This video for more broad perspective.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadTube/comments/11k52kl/these_stupid_trucks_are_literally_killing_us/But if we just avoid those arguments instead of addressing them we concede the general understanding. A model Y might weight more than an F150 but it is also not a vehicle for hauling or towing like a truck. The gross vehicle weight of an F150 is 6100-7050lbs while a model Y is 5402-5712 making it in fact a lighter vehicle if you have these massive things to carry shit and not just empty.
Also, they shouldn't be so heavy and wouldn't be if not for the complete obsession with range anxiety.
Drivers licenses shouldn't cover everything from a smart car to an RV.
Don't worry, the smart car company solved this. They discontinued the city car and replaced it with a 2 ton SUV /s
I love Fortnine and their videos, but he missed a glaring issue: big ass vehicles are difficult to manoeuvre in cities (i.e. near pedestrians).
And while he did very briefly touch on the fact that a sloped front end could help you see more in front of you, you still wouldn't be able to see beside or behind you very well.
I mean, FFS, he was standing next to the thing and his head was just barely above the bottom of the window! Anyone 5.5' or shorter would be unseen by the driver if they were standing right beside it!
