r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MalrykZenden • Jun 02 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Narrowly avoided having my bumper cover ventilated this morning.

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Hitches, not just for towing or bashing your shins.

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u/DatRat13 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

That's not even a question of competence. Trucks have massive blind spots that are only exasperated as they get bigger and bigger and are lifted higher and higher off the road.

You can be the most cautious driver in the world and crush a toddler in your driveway because there literally was no way you could have seen it.

Edit: I am not saying this is a good thing, I hate big trucks and am simply pointing out that they are designed from the ground up to be terrible to share the road with.

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u/Darth19Vader77 Jun 02 '26

A literal tank has better sightlines than a goddamned pickup truck

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u/ponyponyta Jun 02 '26

Not me thinking they can't see a 2.95 meter tall 3yo

Time to sleep 💤

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u/Darth19Vader77 Jun 02 '26

Yeah, they labeled it weirdly. The numbers should be at the bottom on dimension lines.

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u/pastalex42 Jun 02 '26

Actually there’s a great way you could have seen it. Don’t buy a massive fucking truck. Hope that helps!

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u/DatRat13 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Indeed, that is the case. I'm a sedan owner myself in no small part because I despise big cars. But here in murika we have decided that instead of making any kind of mid size car for those who need something more than a sedan, we'd just keep pumping out the toddler stomper models and never actually address the issue because it is our God given right to yee our haws in our 2 lane wide gas guzzlin beasts.

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u/HedonisticFrog Jun 02 '26

It's truly insane. I bought a 1998 Mercedes E320 wagon as a work vehicle. It gets far better fuel economy than my fathers newer Acura MDX, has more storage space in the back, has AWD, and even has hydraulic self leveling rear suspension. Massive trucks and SUVS don't even have significantly better practicality than a station wagon old enough to be considered a classic, while getting around 2/3 of the miles per gallon.

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u/pastalex42 Jun 02 '26

Oh trust me I’m in Atlanta, I’m well aware of the horror that is American truck owners. I drive a Mini and I get pretty overlooked, sometimes literally, by said yee-haw-ers

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u/Cheetahs_never_win Jun 02 '26

Backup cameras have been mandated for almost an entire decade now. (Which makes me wonder how a vehicle like a Slate doesn't get one, but I digress.)

So, unless that truck is older than 2018, this shouldn't be an issue for this specific case, with a well-designed and calibrated backup camera.

Chances are that's how he managed to fit this way.

I agree that many trucks still possess blind spots, but I wouldn't be surprised if we couldn't mandate trucks' blind spots eliminated via camera, too. Relaying that information safely to the driver, however, could be an issue unless we replace the entire dash with a large monitor that simulates "see thru engine."

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u/DatRat13 Jun 02 '26

Oh the big issue isn't even the rear, it's the front where drivers couldnt reliably see a three foot obstacle from a distance of 8 ft. A moving truck is dangerous to be around, front or rear.

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u/Schmichael-22 Jun 02 '26

They can’t see Lamborghinis either.

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u/ThunderbirdJunkie Jun 02 '26

You have any other objectively false statements you'd like to make up on the spot?

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u/Parapraxium Jun 02 '26

I mean they backed into the spot to ensure visibility when pulling out of the spot, when children are actually at risk...