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Post by addicted »

jtriangle wrote: post #72
sushid wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I appreciate the unique design of the Cybertruck, I have a huge concern with its huge size and the potential safety risks for pedestrians. The trend of increasingly larger vehicles, like SUVs and trucks, has already raised issues regarding pedestrian safety. The Cybertruck, being notably larger than most contemporary cars in the same category, could exacerbate this problem, especially if it opens the door to si…

My mazda has absolutely HUGE a-pillars, which are, in my opinion, a far larger threat to pedestrians, than having a simply larger vehicle. Like you can fit a family of 4 with a stroller in mine, I find myself leaning way forward to check that blind spot every time I turn right. And even that is second fiddle to people using their phones while driving, which is an absolute plague in general, not just for pedestrian sa…

There’s a lot of evidence that larger vehicles are massive threats to pedestrians.

I’m not sure what the evidence for huge A-pillars as a threat is, but if it’s worse than larger vehicles it does not in any way change the fact that larger vehicles are indeed a massive threat.

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Post by concordDance »

mkii wrote: post #96
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

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The latter would apply to basically every company on the planet and would mean you could only purchase from sole traders.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by yreg »

ramesh31 wrote: post #47

I understand the nostalgia for those rock solid steel bumpered behemoths people used to drive. Knocking your bumper on the curb and shelling out a few grand for some plastic sucks. But think just for a moment about how the physics of that equation work out. There's 3 tons of rolling steel coming to a stop, and something's gotta give. It's either the car, or you. Best of luck to anyone who drives ones of these. I'll b…

Ford F250 weights the same or more.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by dcdc123 »

jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

I canceled my reservation over a year ago.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by dgunay »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #100
sushid wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I appreciate the unique design of the Cybertruck, I have a huge concern with its huge size and the potential safety risks for pedestrians. The trend of increasingly larger vehicles, like SUVs and trucks, has already raised issues regarding pedestrian safety. The Cybertruck, being notably larger than most contemporary cars in the same category, could exacerbate this problem, especially if it opens the door to si…

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I never jaywalk but I have been nearly run over several times in crosswalks. People run red lights or don't check the crosswalk during unprotected lefts or rights on red all the time.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

acdha wrote: post #95
1970-01-01 wrote: post #59

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Safe public roads haven't existed since 1900.

You’re off by about 20 years - it was the 1920s when car manufacturers were able to get legislation restricting public streets to their customers[1] - but also this ignores the magnitude: yes, cars have always been a public health hazard but the manufacturers reversed a multi-decade safety improvement trend a decade or two back because it boosted their profits, and that happened only in the United States. If our road…

I don't think so. The first killed pedestrian was dead for 22 years before the roaring 1920s.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38466522

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by [deleted] »

dgrin91 wrote: post #71
Solvency wrote: post #6

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Tesla literally didn't realize the steel comes in coils and it naturally wants to warp back into that state. Massive panel gap problems. As usual. The only thing other car makers are learning is what a joke their design operation is.

SpaceX was using stainless steel for Starship since at least 2019, so pretty sure you are demonstrably wrong here. Its fun to say space man bad, but don't equate complex production cycles to teams of competent engineers not knowing basics. Look at the differences between production & preproduction models and you'll see way less issues.

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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by owenpalmer »

owenpalmer wrote: post #113

This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.

I wish the inverse was possible, eventually getting us to bikes (instead of bulldozers).

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by fnordpiglet »

FredPret wrote: post #76
1970-01-01 wrote: post #53

These launch countdowns are silly. Yes, you're going to be really cool the first year or so with that Cybertruck. But after you go to a party and five other people have one, (1,000,000+ reservations since 2019) it'll seem much less alluring.

It'll be even more cool because now there's a tribe

Yeah I agree with this. You show up at a party and there are five others, you’ll suddenly have five new friends.
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