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How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

kelnos wrote: post #158

I went back and forth on the idea of sharing such a negative take here, but... here goes. > You'll need to find a truck that is at least 25 years old. In the US, cars more youthful than that must comply with FMVSS (safety standards). > No air bags, [...] power steering, or crumple zones. I feel like this sort of thing is a fantastic illustration of the irresponsible level which most drivers (in the US at least; can't…

Well, motorcycles are allowed and they are far less safer in crash than any kei-truck would be.

I'm not getting one because of reasons you mentioned (litte kei tipper would be perfect size vehicle for my needs) but I don't see why other people should be stopped from.

If you want safety ban anything bigger than 2 ton for non-commercial use first, the SUVs and trucks sizing gonna kill more people than some random buying a kei truck for themselves.

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Post by newaccount74 »

Dalewyn wrote: post #282
____jes wrote: post #255

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Unfortunately weight _is_ generally a predictor of occupant safety. IIHS says: “Frontal crash test results can't be used to compare vehicle performance across weight classes.… Given equivalent frontal ratings, the heavier of two vehicles usually offers better protection in real-world crashes.” https://www.iihs.org/ratings/about-our-tests

I agree. My dad always told me that, in a hypothetical situation where I'm going to crash and I have a choice in the kind of car I'm driving, to always pick the bigger car than the other guy. Bigger cars are safer, for better or worse. Those Ford F-350s will, in general, survive crashes and protect the occupants better than something like a Toyota Camry.

I don't remember the exact stats, but something like 30-50% of lethal crashes happen alone, without another vehicle involved, because drivers lose control of a vehicle.

If you hit a bridge pillar or drive off a cliff, it doesn't matter how heavy your vehicle is.

I'd for these types of crashes it's much better to have a small, nimble vehicle that is more stable and doesn't crash in the first place rather than a huge truck with poor grip that tips over if you corner too fast.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

CorrectHorseBat wrote: post #272
randunel wrote: post #268

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The comment you replied to claimed > Most pedestrian deaths per mile driven of any country You said > If I look at the numbers [1] I highly doubt the US is even in the top 50 The table in the link [1] you shared, when sorted by deaths per mile driven, ranks the USA (2021 data) 5th in the world, with Mexico (2013 data) being 1st.

Yes, but that's only because most countries with horrible numbers don't have any data in that column and end up at the bottom. If you sort by anything else the USA is far far from the worst country.

If you look at the numbers and compare it to say Poland or Germany you'd get 2x-4x higher death numbers for any metrics.

Also the fact US statistic per mile are so high, despise it being a big country where I'd imagine most miles were highway ones probably hides even higher rate of accidents in cities.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

____jes wrote: post #255
fragmede wrote: post #209

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Why frame it as a downgrade? Bigger isn't necessarily better. Cars are a highly regulated product, with lots of testing that happens, and there are evolving standards. In a crash, I'd much rather be in a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and not a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air, watch this video for why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB6oefRKWmY . Where the 2023 Honda Accord has a rating of "good"* from IIHS on the updated side impact…

Unfortunately weight _is_ generally a predictor of occupant safety. IIHS says: “Frontal crash test results can't be used to compare vehicle performance across weight classes.… Given equivalent frontal ratings, the heavier of two vehicles usually offers better protection in real-world crashes.” https://www.iihs.org/ratings/about-our-tests

Well if you ignore damage caused to the target you hit no wonder.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

Dalewyn wrote: post #282
____jes wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately weight _is_ generally a predictor of occupant safety. IIHS says: “Frontal crash test results can't be used to compare vehicle performance across weight classes.… Given equivalent frontal ratings, the heavier of two vehicles usually offers better protection in real-world crashes.” https://www.iihs.org/ratings/about-our-tests

I agree. My dad always told me that, in a hypothetical situation where I'm going to crash and I have a choice in the kind of car I'm driving, to always pick the bigger car than the other guy. Bigger cars are safer, for better or worse. Those Ford F-350s will, in general, survive crashes and protect the occupants better than something like a Toyota Camry.

Well, unless you hit another F350.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

seabird wrote: post #227
13of40 wrote: post #194

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I think it might be a little more nuanced than that. I have a friend who's still alive today because he was driving a Lexus SUV when a Honda Accord blew through a red light and collided with him at speed. Should he downgrade his car so he's more vulnerable next time?

If you reversed the vehicles the outcome would be the same. The size differential has to be massive for it to matter. Modern safety requirements are stringent and you wouldn't believe how much a small sedan can take in a crash. The most important safety feature in a vehicle is performance, and SUVs (especially mid and full size) are outright worse, regardless of what your average American thinks.

Performance need driving skills to be used

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

nine_k wrote: post #233
willcipriano wrote: post #159

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I don't understand the anger and disdain from people about others potentially hurting themselves. The only thing I can think of is they are jealous of someone who doesn't have these sort of intrusive thoughts about safety all the time and how they get to do something cool like the OP every now and then.

Potentially hurting themselves only is okay: ride some extreme mountain bike, lift extreme weights, ski on risky slopes, consume strange substances, etc. But on a road people don't just hurt themselves by reckless conduct. A collision usually has a second participation vehicle, and sometimes many more if a pile-up occurs on a busy road. The other participants did not sign up for hurting themselves, and can be hurt mo…

Right but smaller kei car have less mass and gonna induce less damage in crash.

So you should be cheering for people to get them as if they crash into you, you're safer

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

defrost wrote: post #214
willcipriano wrote: post #207

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You the sort of person who will tie down a bag of dog food or bag of soup cans when you load them into a vehicle without a trunk?

Absolutely. Also the person that ties down loads with multiple ropes | straps truckies hitches and stoppers. Not to mention stopping every few hundred miles to check tensions and reset as required. Loose loads are a pain in the arse and often dangerous. A soup can rolling loose and jamming up under a brake or accelerator pedal is something that really happens .. and it's no fun when it does.

I just put them in passenger foot area, good enough.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by avery17 »

ilyt wrote: post #319
tinus_hn wrote: post #295

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These people follow different rules. Famously, Steve Jobs used a rule that allows a car to be driven without a license plate if it is newer than 6 months, and he just got a new one every 6 months to never have license plates.

Every time when I think I have an idea on how much asshole and terrible human being he was tidbit like this comes out and deepens it...

My understanding is people kept stealing his license plate and he was getting so much trouble for it he just went with the loophole.

Re: How to register a Kei truck in Pennsylvania

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Post by ilyt »

AnthonyMouse wrote: post #232
HWR_14 wrote: post #228

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What if the helmets were giant (unlike bike helmets, the rider doesn't have to carry the entire weight or air resistance). Then, instead of filling the helmets with hard styrofoam, we could fill them with something even softer, maybe a compressible gas. People could obviously store them in the vehicle. It might be annoying to wear them all the time, so we could mandate that cars detect when you are about to be in a c…

You're kind of making their point for them. It's dumb to mandate helmets or any other specific technology because it removes the possibility for something better or for context-based decisionmaking. Suppose you ride your motorcycle into the desert and then lose your helmet into a canyon. Your phone is dead. Your choices are a thirty hour walk out of the desert which might cause you to die of dehydration, or riding yo…

Yes. Catering for extreme edge cases is a waste of time, just pay your ticket dumbass, how the fuck you even "lose" a helmet and why the fuck you didn't bring a phone charger?

Given the chance of the story being fabricated close to 100% catering for it is unreasonable.

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