The mandatory safety features are required because the mandatory fuel economy features mean more aero dynamic cars with worse visibility. We have mandatory fuel economy on cars so dumb big ass trucks can just guzzle gas like there’s no tomorrow. We can’t have regular sized trucks that get decent fuel economy for some reason that has to do with chickens.
The safety requirements have gone up because the average size of the vehicles in the US has gone up. Has nothing to do with aero, and everything to do with rollover protection. Hell, even the dreaded “giant iPad” era of interior design is due to the requirement for backup cams on all cars, due to the reduced visibility, due to the increased size of structural pillars, due to higher strength to pass rollover tests due to increased weight of the vehicle duetolargertrucksandsuvsduetotheautomakerstargetingthemostprofitablevehiclesizesduetothechickentaxonimportedtrucks.
None of those have nearly the visibility of their older versions. Lower slanting roofs, chunky pillars, less visibility.
All those trucks are small for modern times but not small. All modern trucks also sacrifice bed size for cab size because most people aren’t using them for truck stuff anymore. They just want a truck.
The mandatory safety features are required because the mandatory fuel economy features mean more aero dynamic cars with worse visibility. We have mandatory fuel economy on cars so dumb big ass trucks can just guzzle gas like there’s no tomorrow. We can’t have regular sized trucks that get decent fuel economy for some reason that has to do with chickens.
The safety requirements have gone up because the average size of the vehicles in the US has gone up. Has nothing to do with aero, and everything to do with rollover protection. Hell, even the dreaded “giant iPad” era of interior design is due to the requirement for backup cams on all cars, due to the reduced visibility, due to the increased size of structural pillars, due to higher strength to pass rollover tests due to increased weight of the vehicle duetolargertrucksandsuvsduetotheautomakerstargetingthemostprofitablevehiclesizesduetothechickentaxonimportedtrucks.
Exactly.
I don’t know, the Crolloa, RAV4, and CR-V are among the most common cars have good fuel economy without sacrificing visibility.
If you want not so big trucks, there’s the Maverick, Ridgeline, and Santa Cruz that can all get decent fuel economy.
None of those have nearly the visibility of their older versions. Lower slanting roofs, chunky pillars, less visibility.
All those trucks are small for modern times but not small. All modern trucks also sacrifice bed size for cab size because most people aren’t using them for truck stuff anymore. They just want a truck.