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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Sadly, we cannot really ban them as they are utility vehicles that a small portion of the population needs. However, I still see freakin' ads that frame them as fancy cars.

Czech ad for Amarok V6
“The new Amarok V6. Pick-up truck for every day. Powerful and comfortable”

I suggest making it illegal to buy them without a registered company or have them in any color other than matte excavator yellow (for construction) or green camo (for hunting and forestry).

Yellow truck Camo truck

[–] MashedPotatoJeff 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I do like the color options

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In what way? The idea of only two color options, or would you be willing to buy such a truck?

[–] MashedPotatoJeff 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just like the colors. If there's only going to be two I think those are solid choices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...probably needs to be a fleet white, too, for actual work trucks to reflect solar heat gain...

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