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by nothercastle 617 days ago
Hardly a Tesla problem though, the grill culture of suvs and trucks is a thing because pedestrian safety is not a design consideration.
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An F150 or Dodge RAM, despite being ludicrously large, is much less dangerous than the cybertruck at low speeds because instead of sharp and jagged protrusions they just have a smooth wall-like front end.

At high speeds? Compare their weights and you'll see that making a pickup truck electric also makes it really heavy.

At high speeds pedestrians are dead anyway. The problem with extra weight is that over a certain weight trucks plow through safety barriers into oncoming traffic when get loose control